HR Director Fired in Hillsborough

The Country Property Appraiser of Hillsborough, Rob Turner, has recently admitted to constantly sending pornographic images to the human resources director, whom he just fired early on in the week. Turner claims to have fired the human resources director, Carolyn Filippone, because she made fake sexual discrimination claims against him, reporting them to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission of the United States. She also talked about how he was sharing porn with her. Just last month, the complaint had been dismissed, and she was able to file a lawsuit.

In the meantime, Turner, who works as a property appraiser and is currently up for election during this year, said that many different aspects of Filippone’s complaint were simply false. She claimed that he asked her for sexual advances, which he denied. However, before dismissing of Filippone, Turner admitted something to the Times, which caused people to question him. Turner, who is 60 years old, admitted to dating Filippone for a little while after first being elected, stating that it was in either 2000 or 2002 but he cannot remember. He says that at the time, it was a mistake he made and wants to forget. Even so, the relationship is prohibited so even if it was several years ago, he was still in the wrong for pursuing a relationship of such.

In the meantime, Filippone, who is 49 years old, argues that the relationship was ongoing, back and forth, until 2006. She said that Turner continued making attempts to rekindle the relationship that they once had. In doing so, she claims he sent her multiple e-mail messages, many of which contained sexual images or links to sexual images and pornographic websites. She also said that Turner sent her pictures of his own personal private parts. The attorney who is representing Filippone, Steven Wenzel, says that for his client, that type of relationship was over. However, it seems as though Turner was making attempts to revive that relationship.

On the other hand, Turner denies ever sending Filippone a picture of his genitals. But during the Times interview, he did admit that he sent her e-mail messages that included pictures of sexual image, along with pornographic links. He said that they were mutual messages shared between the two of them, even though he was married and she was not. He claims that they would talk all the time online, sending messages that contained pictures of funny cartoons, pictures, and, at times, pornographic images. Turner says he is embarrassed but claims that she enjoyed the messages and that they were simply swapping porn.

Filippone believes she was fired because Turner’s wife saw messages that he was sending her and urged that she be fired, even though she was doing her job in an efficient manner. He continues to claim that all of these allegations and accusations are absurd and false.