Le-Ann Vicquery

Vicquery met with a Black tester and a white tester seeking homes in the Brentwood area. The state charged Vicquery praised Brentwood to the Black tester but not to the white tester. She also sent a text message to the white tester, warning him to look into gang killings in Brentwood. In addition, the white tester received listings in more predominantly white areas than the Black tester did. Vicquery testified that a colleague sent the listings to the two testers. She also said she sent the text message because she learned of a gang-related incident shortly after meeting the white tester. She did not warn the Black tester since she had not been in direct contact with him for about two months, she testified. An administrative law judge dismissed the charges, writing that the state had not proven its case "by substantial evidence." The state appealed, and the appeals officer overturned the dismissal, writing that Vicquery told the Black tester she "always" praises Brentwood to her clients, but she did not praise it to the white tester. She had never before been subject to a disciplinary hearing and it was not necessary to revoke her license, but a penalty must be sufficient to "deter" others, he wrote. In 2022, Vicquery filed a lawsuit challenging the appeal ruling. Her attorneys withdrew the case following her death last year. In 2019, Vicquery told Newsday that when she met with the Black tester she had not been fully aware of gang violence in the area, but when she met with the white tester about two months later, she had just learned of a gang-related incident. "I understand that steering goes on and I am absolutely disgusted by it," Vicquery said at the time. "I can guarantee you I did not steer."