Catherine Galliford, a former high-profile RCMP spokesperson who later sued the force alleging widespread sexual harassment, has died at the age of 58.

Galliford, who spoke on behalf of the force during high-profile cases like the Air India bombing trial and the investigation into serial killer Robert Pickton , rose up the RCMP ranks in the 90s and early 2000s and served as a corporal.

In 2011, she spoke exclusively to CBC News , claiming long-term sexual harassment over two decades with the RCMP.

Her treatment, which she said left her with PTSD and agoraphobia, eventually prompted her to file a lawsuit that was settled in 2016 . It led to a wave of other civil suits from other officers that forced a reckoning within RCMP ranks. WATCH | Galliford sues RCMP after her 2011

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