Law Firm Tracked at Least Four Ramos Affairs

San Bernardino County District Attorney Mike Ramos had sexual relations with at least four employees who currently or former­ly worked in his office, according to information gathered for a report ten­dered by that law firm on January 12 and released by the county January 27.

The report itself to­gether with information cross-referenced by the Sentinel and augmented by the law firm’s inves­tigative work product that included interviews with district attorney’s employees which were not included in the re­port either confirmed or otherwise indicated that Ramos’ liaisons with women linked to him in previous public reports could in some fashion be substantiated.

The report was com­piled by Glen Kraemer and Reed Schaper of the Curiale Hirschfeld Krae­mer law firm, which was paid $140,000 for the work. The firm was retained by the county upon the recommenda­tion of human resources director Andrew Lam­berto and county counsel Ruth Stringer.

The county board of supervisors commis­sioned the report after Cheryl Ristow, an evi­dence technician with the district attorney’s office, lodged a sexual harassment complaint against Ramos in Au­gust.

Ristow has been on stress leave since July and has not been cleared to return to her assign­ment in the sexually vio­lent predator/mentally disordered offender unit. She maintained in her complaint that she was retaliated against after the Sentinel published, on May 29, an article reporting that Ramos had engaged in
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