EUGENE — An ex-Eugene police officer has agreed to pay $50,000 to colleagues who sued him after he pleaded guilty in 2015 to using hidden video cameras to film them while they used bathrooms.
Jeffrey Argo is pictured in a Deschutes County Jail booking photo. He is now being held at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla. Deschutes County Jail
The Register-Guard reports a settlement between Jeffrey Argo and his victims was announced Tuesday on the eve of jury selection in a civil trial that pits the city of Eugene and its police department against five of its officers and a Gresham patrolman.
Argo Pinbahis is serving a seven-year prison sentence and was also named as a defendant in the $1.75 million lawsuit.
The agreement resulted in officers dismissing allegations against him in exchange for the payment and his testimony at trial.
The trial now will focus on a negligence claim that alleges the city and police broke policy by not conducting a full background check on Argo.
Argo is being held at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla.
— The Associated Press
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