Action News Jax Investigates has learned the St. Johns County Clerk of the Circuit Court’s Office is being sued by the former St. Johns County Inspector General for “unlawful termination” and violation of Florida’s Whistleblowers Act.
The suit by Nilsa Arissa alleges she was fired in March 2023 by County Clerk Brandon Patty for not disclosing the name of a confidential informant who reported that Patty hired someone he was having an “inappropriate relationship” with at the time.“Would there be anything you would do differently?” asked Action News Jax investigative reporter Ben Becker who sat down with Patty for a one-on-one interview.
Patty, who is the former Chairman of the St. Johns County Republican Party, was appointed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in 2019 and won re-election in 2020.“Was there an inappropriate relationship between you and this other person?” Becker asked. The clerk’s office also hired an outside firm to perform an investigation which concluded there was “no reasonable fact-based support” that Patty and the employee had a romantic relationship.Man who killed 2 women in San Marco in August killed himself the next day, Jacksonville police say
“My sense [there was] some angst about the reorganization and that might have led to these types of rumors to bubble up,” Patty said.
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