Sheriff Garry McFadden released a video on Wednesday, accusing former employees of “ultimate betrayal” after two of his chief deputies resigned within the last year, alleging that McFadden fostered a “hostile” and “toxic” work environment.

A third high-ranking official in the Sheriff’s Office was fired late last year and filed a wrongful termination suit against McFadden.

“I feel that my loyalty was betrayed. My trust in my staff was betrayed,” McFadden said in the 12-minute video posted to his department’s official YouTube channel. “Most of all, my wife feels betrayed, because she well knew how much she has helped several of these people.”

McFadden, who has been Mecklenburg County’s sheriff since December 2018, said that state law barred him from discussing personnel matters, but that

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