Claim filed involving alleged assault by Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson

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A claim has been filed by Fairhope Human Resources Director Pandora Heathcoe against the city of Fairhope after an alleged assault against Heathcoe by Fairhope Mayor Karin Wilson.

The claim was filed Friday, May 19 with the city clerk’s office, according to a confidential source within the city.

Attached to the claim was a uniform incident/offense report filed earlier this year with the Fairhope Police Department. Two sources have told Gulf Coast Media the report contains Heathcoe’s narrative about what happened when the alleged assault by Wilson took place and that former Fairhope Public Works Director Jennifer Fidler was present when that incident took place.

While the police report has been filed, no warrants have been signed or criminal charges brought against Wilson.

The claim filed with the city is not a civil claim, but one that procedurally has to be filed with the city before the matter could be taken to a civil court. It is a claim for damages against the city based on an alleged assault by Wilson.

Gulf Coast Media contacted the Fairhope Police Department for a copy of the uniform incident/offense report and was told the department would likely be able to comply with the request for documents early next week.

While Wilson did not return phone calls from Gulf Coast Media, she did post the following on her official Facebook page Saturday afternoon:

"I remember when I contemplated running for Mayor how worried my husband was for me," Wilson wrote. "I kept asking him what he thought could happen that would warrant such stress?

"He’d give me hypothetical situations and I always responded, 'but that’s not the truth.' If we allow worry and doubt to control our decisions based on an unknown future, there would never be positive progress.

"I’m surrounded by opportunists, people who believe I’m naive and those who try to demoralize me. But no one can or will take away the truth."

Gulf Coast Media has also reached out to the Fairhope City Clerk’s office and city council members for their comments on the claim and will update this story further as it develops.