{"id":310502,"date":"2026-05-27T08:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310502\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T08:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T08:54:10","slug":"former-el-paso-zoo-employees-lawsuit-over-alleged-sexual-harassment-dismissed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/310502\/","title":{"rendered":"Former El Paso Zoo employee\u2019s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment dismissed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:KTSM;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"KTSM\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/lo\/mysterio\/api\/232C1E841BC0BB863E0E9B74B574D5BADEBDCEDD7912DF6C56EBCD799BAD61E9\/subgraphmysterio\/resizefill_w0_h40;quality_80;format_webp\/\"\/><\/a>Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC<img alt=\"\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"976\" height=\"693\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/aol_ktsm_articles_935\/b0651290b9abd423773cb4129d7c3c4b.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Former El Paso Zoo employee\u2019s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment dismissed<\/p>\n<p>EL PASO, Texas (<a data-ylk=\"slk:KTSM;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">KTSM<\/a>) \u2013 District Court Judge Bonnie Rangel has dismissed a lawsuit between a former El Paso Zoo employee and the City.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel dismissed the lawsuit with prejudice earlier this month. Former employee Anah\u00ed\u00a0Chavez Villegas alleged she was sexually harassed by her direct supervisor. She also alleged former Zoo director Joe Montisano and a human resources employee failed to \u201ctake immediate and appropriate corrective action.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:Former El Paso Zoo employee files sexual harassment lawsuit against supervisor, zoo director;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/el-paso-matters\/former-el-paso-zoo-employee-files-sexual-harassment-lawsuit-against-supervisor-zoo-director\/?ipid=promo-link-block1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Former El Paso Zoo employee files sexual harassment lawsuit against supervisor, zoo director\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to court records, Rangel signed her order on May 6. County records indicate both sides of the lawsuit had settled a motion hearing, and a jury trial for April was canceled.<\/p>\n<p>KTSM has reached out to the City for comment.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:El Paso Zoo director placed on administrative leave;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\/news\/el-paso-zoo-director-placed-on-administrative-leave\/?ipid=promo-link-block2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0El Paso Zoo director placed on administrative leave\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We will update this story when we learn more.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ktsm.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to KTSM 9 News.\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Wed, May 27, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC Former El Paso Zoo employee\u2019s lawsuit over alleged sexual harassment&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310503,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139,31765,112000,31764,111999,498],"class_list":["post-310502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-el-paso-zoo","tag-human-resources-employee","tag-joe-montisano","tag-judge-bonnie-rangel","tag-ktsm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310502","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310502\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310503"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}