President Obama’s cousin British cousin, Marie Auma, filed a lawsuit against London’s Metropolitan police, saying officers bullied her by farting near her desk and doing other things that made her feel “belittled” and “humiliated,” The Guardian reported on Wednesday.
Auma, 57, said officers and colleagues bullied her when she worked as a civilian in the telephone investigations bureau, according to the report.
She said that two colleagues broke wind by her desk at the police station in “an attempt to belittle her and humiliate her,” Auma’s lawyer told The Guardian.
Auma said she worked in an environment of “oppressive managing,” according to the publication.
Auma also said she was denied leave to visit her brothers’ graves after they died in a car crash in Kenya, and she received increased responsibilities at work which led to stress and health problems, according to the report.
She is suing for £400,000.
Auma attended Obama’s inauguration in 2009 with her aunt and Obama’s stepmother, Kezia Obama, according to the publication.
