A former Washington State police chief is blamed for illegally collecting over $67,000 in workers’ compensation benefits while working as a pinup model.
Brenda Lynn Cavoretto filed the advantages in 2013, a year after the body of a man who hanged himself fell onto her inside a barn while she was the Coulee City police boss, KXLY reported, referring to the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries.
Cavoretto quickly switched jobs, filling in as an official in Soap Lake before collecting wage-substitution payments, the report said.
The ex-officer saw a therapist starting in 2015, complaining of bad dreams and a failure to go out.
In 2019, the state Department of Labor and Industries opened a probe into Cavoretto’s case after noting no progress was made after four years of treatment.
The investigation revealed Cavoretto was a pinup model for about five years, despite her claim she could not work, the report said.
Cavoretto, according to investigators, modeled under the names “Tuff As Nailz” and “The Black Widow Bettie.”
She also photographed models and organized pageants and fundraisers, the report said.
Cavoretto was charged with making false or misleading statements to collect the benefits.
