U.S. Department
of Justice
United States v. Danny T. Bell (E. D. Ky.)
On August 12, 2026, the court entered a consent order in United States v. Danny Bell (E.D. Ky). The complaint, which was filed on April 17, 2023, alleges that the defendant discriminated on the basis of sex in violation of the Fair Housing Act (FHA) by sexually harassing numerous female tenants since at least 2010 and retaliated against female tenants who objected to his harassment. The complaint asserted that Bell made repeated and unwelcome sexual comments to female tenants, entered the homes of female tenants without their consent, touched female tenants’ bodies without their consent, offered reduced or free rent in exchange for sexual contact, and took adverse housing-related actions against female tenants who refused his sexual advances. The consent order requires Bell to sell some of his residential rental properties, hire an independent property manager, and refrain from contacting women harmed by his harassment. It also requires training and implementation of policies and procedures to prevent sexual harassment in the future. Bell must pay $140,000 in damages to the aggrieved persons and a $10,000 civil penalty to the United States.
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