LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- An ethics complaint filed against a former Louisville Metro Council member has been dismissed.

The Louisville Metro Ethics Commission cleared Phillip Baker "of all allegations following a unanimous ruling," dismissing the complaint "in its entirety."

Last year, former legislative aide Shalanna Taylor filed a lawsuit accusing the former councilman of sexual harassment, a hostile work environment, retaliation and defamation.

The suit, filed in Jefferson Circuit Court last October against Baker, also named Metro government/Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg and Deputy Mayor David James as defendants.

At the time of the lawsuit's filing, Taylor had already filed a complaint with the city's ethics commission in August 2024. James was also named in that complaint.

After months of review and a public hearing, Taylor withdrew the ethics complaint in April this year. 

"As grounds for her withdrawal, Taylor advises that she was unable to present the evidence that the Commission needed to make the requisite findings under the applicable standard of proof at the hearing of this matter," the notice of withdrawal states, adding certain witnesses "evaded services."

Late last month, the ethics commission dismissed the case with prejudice. 

Taylor's civil lawsuit is still pending in state court.

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