DOJ Agrees to Pay $22.6 Million to Settle 34 Women's Sex Bias Claims at FBI Academy

Sep 30, 2024, 04:00 PM

The U.S. Department of Justice has agreed to pay $22.6 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by 34 women who alleged sexual discrimination during their training at the FBI's academy in Quantico, Virginia. The lawsuit claimed that female recruits were wrongly dismissed from the academy due to gender bias and routinely harassed by instructors with sexually charged comments. The settlement, which is subject to approval by a federal judge, ranks among the largest in the FBI's history related to such claims.