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PARTIES
3.Plaintiff.KanalV.Gaston,isaprivateindividualandnotapublicfigure,currentlyresidinginPhoenix,Arizona.FromOctober29,2007toJanuary12,2011,Plaintiff
workedintheWhite-CollarCrimesUnit/Division
of
theHarrisCountyDistrictAttorney'sOfficeinHouston,TexasasFraudExaminerwiththehighestlevelofresponsibilities
of
conductingwhite-collar(financial)criminalinvestigationsfrominceptiontofinaladjudication,andtestifyingasexpertinsuchmattersinjudicial(court&grandjury)proceedings.Inthatcapacity,because
of
Plaintifforalandwrittenfluency
inEnglish,Spanish,andFrench,healsoservedasthesoleforeignlanguagetranslatorin
thesecriminalinvestigationswhenevernecessary,withanannualsalary
of
about$72,000.Afterspendingmorethan18yearsincollege/university,Plaintiffhasmanagedtoobtainfour(4)collegedegrees,whichincludesamaster'sdegreeinbusinessandothei
degreesorstudiesincriminaljustice,accounting/finance,andcomputerengineering
technology.Inanefforttoenhancehisprofessionalreputationandstandinginhis
profession,plaintifffurthersacrificedhisowntimeandmoneytopursueandstudyfoi
additionalprofessionalcertificationsand/orrecognitions.In2006,plaintiffwasgranted
theCertifiedFraudExaminer(CFE)statusbytheAssociation
of
CertifiedFraud
Examiners(ACFE).In2010,PlaintiffwasgrantedtheCertifiedInternalAuditor(CIA)
statusbytheInstitute
of
InternalAuditor,andthatsameyearalsopassedtheexamto
becomeCertifiedInformationSystemsAuditor(CISA)tobegrantedbyISACA.
4.Defendant1.HarrisCountyand/orHarrisCountyGovernmentand/orHarrisCountyDistrictAttorney'sOfficeand/orHoustonPoliceDepartment(HPD)etal.,State
of
Texas
islocatedat
1001
Prestonsuite911,HoustonTX77002.Thelistedphonenumbersare:
713-755-4099or713-755-4000.ThisDefendantwrongfullyterminatedPlaintiffs
employmentandconspiredtoretaliate,entrap,andtorturePlaintiffbecause
of
hispriorparticipationinemploymentdiscriminationorprotectedactivities,hisrefusaltoparticipateinimmoralandillegalacts,hisrefusaltoreturntheirsextoy"DICK/PENIS,"
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