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Seattle has agreed to pay police captain Deanna Nollette $3 million in a gender discrimination lawsuit.

Nollette claimed emotional distress after being demoted from assistant chief to captain.

The city will reinstate Nollette as assistant chief and provide paid administrative leave before her retirement.

SEATTLE - The city of Seattle has agreed to pay a Seattle police captain approximately $3 million after she filed a lawsuit claiming gender discrimination .

The June settlement agreement involves Deanna Nollette who claimed she suffered severe emotional distress when she was demoted to captain, within the Seattle Police Department, from assistant chief.

The backstory:

Nollette served as SPD's assistant chief between 2018 and 2023.

When former Seattle police Chief Adr

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