KANSAS CITY CITY MANAGER BRIAN PLATT IS NAMED IN A NEW LAWSUIT. THE CITY’S FORMER COMMUNICATIONS MANAGER CHRIS HERNANDEZ, SEEN HERE, SAYS IN A JANUARY MEETING, PLATT SPECIFICALLY ASKED A GROUP ...

Kansas City Manager Brian Platt said in court this week that he ... Former city communications chief Chris Hernandez sued the city in late 2022 after Platt removed him from his position overseeing ...

Platt denied doing so during testimony last week. But a Jackson County jury believed Chris Hernandez instead. In a unanimous verdict, jurors recommended on Wednesday evening that Hernandez receive ...

But, Monteil testified things changed for Chris when the Brian Platt came in. After the “lying comment,” Hernandez became moody, irritable and sad. “I could see Chris was suffering,” said ...

KANSAS CITY - Mayor Quinton Lucas joined Kansas City’s Morning News today, where he talked about suspended City Manager Brian ...

The latest from KSHB 41's Kevin Holmes on the suspension of KCMO City Manager Brian Platt The suspension comes one day after a jury awarded former City Communication Director Chris Hernandez ...

On Wednesday, former city communications directors Chris Hernandez won his lawsuit against ... Effective immediately, City Manager Brian Platt is suspended with pay under the guidelines of the ...

A dayslong trial ended with the jury taking the side of former Kansas City Communications Director Chris Hernandez and awarded him $700,000. A lawsuit centered on whether City Manager Brian Platt ...

City Manager Brian Platt encouraged staff to "lie to the media" then retaliated against an employee who was uncomfortable with doing so. Chris Hernandez, the former KCMO communications director ...

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Kansas City Manager Brian Platt has been suspended with pay ... Former Kansas City Communications Director Chris Hernandez filed an employment discrimination lawsuit against the city in 2022 ...

Brian Platt, left, and Chris Hernandez But that was no bombshell revelation. The lawsuit Hernandez filed against the city more than two years ago detailed how Platt exaggerated facts, seemed to ...