was an attorney for the LDS church's law firm, Kirton McConkie; In 1989, Monson paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a prostitute; sued in the 1990s for sexual harassment; reached a settlement with the victim; was a Mormon bishop in Utah in 2008

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FLOODLIT is seeking more information about the settlement in Monson’s 1990s civil case.

Monson, the son of Mormon prophet Thomas S. Monson, was sued for sexual harassment in the 1990s.

In 1989 in a separate case, Monson paid a $75 fine and was placed on probation after he pleaded guilty to charges of soliciting sex from a police decoy prostitute.

The woman who sued Monson in the 1990s had worked at the same bank, American Investment Bank, as Monson for three and a half years.

She accused Monson of attempting to kiss her, of fondling her sexually, and of propositioning her.

He agreed in 1996 to settle for an undisclosed sum of money.

Monson was a practicing attorney for and a shareholder of Kirton McConkie, the LDS church’s longtime law firm.

In 2008, Thomas L. Monson became a Mormon bishop of the University 34th Ward, a singles ward at the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Sources

  1. Details For Marriage ID#844008
    view source details | 10 Jul 2023 | Western States Marriage Index
  2. For The Record -- Sexual Harassment Suit
    view source details | 10 Jun 1994 | Salt Lake Tribune
  3. Settlement reached in harassment suit
    view source details | 2 Aug 1996 | Provo Daily Herald
  4. Sex-Harassment Suit to End in Settlement?
    view source details | 2 Aug 1996 | Salt Lake Tribune
  5. Thomas Monson
    view source details | 10 Jul 2023 | Corporate Compliance Insights

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