Sheena Kadi, who has served as public information officer and communications director for state Treasurer Dave Young, has resigned effective Tuesday.

Kadi is under a protective order issued on behalf of Rep. Leslie Herod, D-Denver, after Kadi accused Herod of being a “sexual predator,” using the X account she also used for communications on behalf of the state treasurer.

Kadi made more than a dozen accusations on X, man of which remained on her account. A post accusing Herod of sexual assault last December has since been deleted. 

In a Feb. 12 ruling, Denver County Court Judge Clarissa Gonzales found Kadi’s accusations not credible and granted Herod a year-long protective order. The order requires Kadi to keep away from Herod, setting a 100-yard requirement, although with some wiggle room, given that both women work at the state Capitol and could attend the same party functions.

The order also requires Kadi to stop posting about Herod on social media, although it does not require Kadi to remove her previous postings.

Kadi was also an officer for the Colorado Democratic Party, as its Vice-Chair of Public Relations and Marketing. But in the wake of the situation with Herod, party officials called for a controversy committee to review Kadi’s actions.

The controversy committee recommended Kadi be excluded from all party activities, including participation in conversations and assemblies, suspend her access to the state party voter file, ban her from holding any elected party position, deny her access to all party resources, suspend any and all party credentials and ban her from commenting in any official role on party business.

The ban is in effect through April 30, 2027.

State Democratic Party Chair Shad Murib accepted and implemented the recommendations immediately. 

The committee also recommended Kadi be removed from her elected party position by the State Central Committee. That has not yet happened but is believed to be in the works.

Kadi has been on administrative leave for about a month. 

“It is my hope that with the actions of the Democratic Party, along with the state treasurer, that she will no longer be able to target and use her positions to harm people moving forward,” Herod told Colorado Politics Tuesday.