Shannon O’Brien allegedly made insensitive remarks leading up to her suspension as chair of Massachusetts’ Cannabis Control Commission, court documents show.
Until recently, the exact nature of the allegations against O’Brien were unclear.
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She was suspended with pay in September by Massachusetts Treasurer Deborah Goldberg.
O’Brien faced unspecified “serious allegations” and launched a lawsuit over the suspension, although she later dropped that suit after being granted a hearing.
According to the court filing, the allegations involved an investigator’s report charging that O’Brien made “racially, ethnically, culturally insensitive statements” and used the word “yellow” to refer to “a person of Asian heritage,” Boston NPR station WBUR reported.
In a court filing, O’Brien said she used “yellow” while quoting someone else’s words.
“O’Brien said she should not have repeated his exact words,” WBUR reported.
In the latest development in O’Brien’s case, a judge sided with the suspended
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