ORLANDO, Fla. — Suspended State Attorney Monique Worrell’s Chief of Staff Keisha Mulfort was terminated this week while on maternity leave.
Mulfort told Channel 9 News that she was blindsided when new leadership let her go Thursday, a day after Gov. DeSantis suspended Worrell.
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Mulfort said she’s been in and out of the hospital because of childbirth-related complications.
She’s been on leave from the State Attorney’s office through the Family Medical Leave Act and told Channel 9 that her termination is a violation of federal law.
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