DELANO, Calif. (KERO) — A Kern County prosecutor assigned to the District Attorney's office in Delano has been put on leave after being named in two sexual harassment lawsuits.

Deputy District Attorney Keith Fagundes is on leave following those lawsuits.

Fagundes served as Kings County District Attorney and was voted out of office.

In 2023, he was hired as a prosecutor in Kern County by District Attorney Cynthia Zimmer.

Deputy Public Defender Sarah Rich who works in Delano said she was shocked to hear that Fagundes was hired by Zimmer.

"It is concerning you know just because the DAs office it's supposed to be the law-enforcement office they're supposed to be the head of the law-enforcement."

The first case filed in 2021 by Robert Waggle, a chief investigator for the Kings County DA o

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