Former ALEA Secretary Files Lawsuit

Ousted Alabama Law Enforcement Agency Secretary Spencer Collier has filed a lawsuit against Governor Robert Bentley, the governor's former top aide Rebekah Mason and the current ALEA Secretary Stan Stabler.  Mason's consulting company RCM Communications is also named in the suit.  The suit claims wrongful termination, reckless conduct and invasion of privacy among other things.  Collier has alleged that he was punished by Bentley because he refused to lie to the state attorney general's office about prosecutorial misconduct in the ethics case of House Speaker Mike Hubbard.  He also claims an investigation reportedly revealing that Collier had misused state funds was malicious and intended to hurt him.  The lawsuit call for compensatory and punitive damages.