WALTER Palmer, the loathed US dentist who sparked an international hate campaign after killing Cecil the lion, paid a woman £81,000 after she accused him of sexually harassing her.
An investigation by Express.co.uk revealed Walter Palmer, wanted by Zimbabwean police over the slaying of Cecil, was accused by an employee of "touching her up" during "a sexual harassment campaign.”
The claim involved allegations the dentist touched her breasts, buttocks and genitals in what she described as a campaign of "ongoing and unwelcome" sexual advances.
The 55-year-old, who has gone into hiding in the USA after being outed as the killer, denied any wrongdoing after the allegations were made in 2005.
However, he settled the unnamed woman's claim through his insurers a year later and also agreed to undergo three days of "sexual harassment training" as part of the settlement.
The discrimination claim was filed with the Minnesota Department of Human Rights made in April 2005.
The woman, who was both a patient and receptionist at his River Bluff Dental Practice in Minnesota, in America's mid-west, alleged Palmer sacked her after she complained to him and her immediate supervisor about "ongoing and unwelcome" sexual harassment.
She worked there from July 1999 to January 2005.
