Jo Ann Hardesty accepts $680,000 to settle leak lawsuit against Portland Police union, 2 officers
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Former Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has accepted $680,000 to settle a lawsuit against the police union and two officers for sharing information that falsely implicated her of committing a hit-and-run.

The settlement avoids a jury trial that would have started next week.

Former Portland City Commissioner Jo Ann Hardesty has accepted $680,000 from the city’s police union and two officers to settle claims that officers shared information that falsely implicated her of committing a hit-and-run.