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FILE- Benjamin “Ben” Lopez won a seat on the Montclair City Council on Nov. 3, 2020. In December 2021, two city employees filed lawsuits against him and the city of Montclair, claiming sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances that allegedly created a hostile work environment. The City Council on April 4, 2022 voted to censure Lopez. On April 18, the City Council stripped Lopez of his committee assignments. (File photo courtesy of Ben Lopez)Montclair settled with two employees who accused Councilmember Ben Lopez of making unwanted sexual advances. Now it wants to recoup its costs from Lopez.
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