“There’s a little kid in a wagon, there’s other adults near the kids and she’s seen swinging her arms around with the red gas can, dumping gas on the lobby floor,” said attorney Terry Revere, who filed the lawsuit.
“She would make fun of elderly board members for their age. … She was harassing employees on a daily basis. I’ve never seen anybody so out of control.”
Heke could not be reached and her attorney, Kevin Sumida, did not respond to our request for comment. But during the trial, Heke denied that she endangered residents.
“I had emptied the tank into my scooter and it was empty. So shaking it shouldn’t have made any difference,” she testified.
But during the trial, she did admit she made fun of staff’s weight and swore at residents.
It took a jury about two hours to reach its verdict against Heke last week. The association will most likely be paid by selling her unit.
