Assistant State Land Commissioner Jim Lane has resigned in the wake of allegations of sexual harassment during his time as director of the state Department of Game and Fish.
The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that Lane stepped down Monday. State Land Commissioner Aubrey Dunn says he accepted the resignation due to the recent disclosure of private personnel files.
Dunn says "dirty politics" helped disclose the contents of Lane's personnel files. In the files it shows that Lane resigned from the Game and Fish Department in 2013 after a subordinate accused him of sexual harassment.
Lane's resignation came nine days after a Santa Fe attorney alleged Lane made sexual comments to the Game and Fish's human resources director, including lewd text messages.
Lane did not return requests for comment.
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