St. Paul police chief sues mayor, alleging she called herself as 'MILF' and sexually harassed him, retaliation

Henry laid out his claims in a 73-page complaint. He alleges Her referred to herself as a "MILF" during one incident and made sexually suggestive remarks about his genitalia. The suit also claims Her placed her hand on his upper thigh beneath a conference table.

Henry alleges the harassment turned into a pattern once he did not reciprocate. His lawsuit describes a campaign of retaliation from the mayor's office, though the full scope of what that retaliation looked like is laid out across the lengthy complaint filed in court.

The case puts St. Paul's top elected official and its top law enforcement officer on opposite sides of a legal fight that could shake public confidence in both offices. A police chief accusing a sitting mayor of harassment and retaliation raises immediate questions about how the city manages the working relationship between its executive branch and its police department, and whether either official can continue functioning effectively alongside the other while the case plays out.

Henry has held the police chief job in St. Paul since 2022. Now his own lawsuit is testing whether he can keep it.