LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The former Los Angeles Fire Department chief who was ousted by Mayor Karen Bass after the most destructive wildfire in city history failed has filed a legal claim against the city and the mayor.

Former LAFD Chief Kristin Crowley filed the formal tort claim on Wednesday, according to a statement from the public relations firm representing her.

"The claim sets out a pattern of dishonesty, scapegoating, and unlawful retaliation that destroyed the career of a 25-year public servant not because of any failure in her duties, but because she told the truth," the statement said. "The tort claim makes clear that Fire Chief Crowley did her job. She told City leadership and the public that Mayor Bass' budget cuts and the City's decades of neglect had left the LAFD underfunded

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