CALIFORNIA CITY, Calif. (KERO) — An investigation has confirmed California City Public Safety Director Justin Vincent's allegations that the mayor and a councilman plotted to fire him. This comes just as Vincent was placed on paid administrative leave by city officials.

Vincent filed a lawsuit against the city last week, alleging Mayor Marquette Hawkins and City Councilmember Smith were plotting to terminate his employment during a recorded conversation in December.

"As far as the evidence is, you generally don't have an audio tape proving the case. That audio tape is a smoking gun, Steve. It actually proves our case," said Steven Haney, Vincent's lawyer.

The city arranged for an outside investigator, Robert Ratcliffe of The Titan Group Professional Investigations, to look into the clai

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