Thursday: Ex-Madigan aide Alaina Hampton files federal suit against Democratic Party following prolonged sexual harassment

"Speaker for Life" Michael Madigan (D-Chicago), who is also the chairman of the state Democratic Party, has another problem besides the defeat in Tuesday's Democratic Primary of his crony, Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios, who is the chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party.

From a press release:

THURS, 11AM: Ex-Madigan aide Alaina Hampton files federal suit against Democratic Party following prolonged sexual harassment

WHO: Attorneys Shelly B. Kulwin and Rachel Katz of Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin, LLP.; Alaina Hampton

WHERE: 161 N. Clark Street, 12th Floor, Chicago

WHEN: Thursday, March 22, 2018, 11AM

WHAT: Attorneys for Alaina Hampton will announce that they have filed suit in federal court on her behalf against the Democratic Party of Illinois and Friends of Michael J. Madigan, the political action committee of the Democratic Party chairman. Hampton shook Illinois politics to its core in February when she came forward with her experience of sexual harassment while working for the Democratic Party of Illinois. Hampton brings the suit after filing a discrimination complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in February.