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APRIL 26, 2001

The Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Court on Wednesday began hearing arguments in a case of a former employee who claims the Connecticut tribe fired him unfairly.

Walter Fletcher says he was fired only after tribal officials discovered he was writing a fictionalized manuscript about the tribe. The manuscript doesn't place the tribe in a favorable light, apparently.

The tribe said it was firing Fletcher, the ex-husband of a tribal member, because of sexual harrassment allegations. A tribal official testified yesterday those were never investigated.

Fletcher wants at least $2 million.

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