"Who do you think you are?" "Just answer the phone." "I overestimated you." "I'm so over these deaths."

That's just some of workplace harassment alleged by New Castle County Council President Karen Hartley-Nagle's former aide Kate Maxwell during an interview with a human resources investigator conducting an independent investigation ordered by council.

WDEL has obtained the 28-page secret report by Tricia Clendening with HR Strategies, who determined there was credibility and merit to Maxwell's claims that she was harassed by her boss.

Maxwell described a bipolar personality in Hartley-Nagle, saying, "I never knew who I was going to get."

"She would call me every night, and I was expected to be on the phone with her for an hour. She told that I had to be on call 24x7, and if I couldn't then this isn't the right job for me," Maxwell told investigators.

In the report, Maxwell said she was barred from answering emails without permission and forbidden from talking to other council people or their aides. She said she was required to call Hartley-Nagle when she arrived at her desk each day at work.

She also described a boss who called her an "idiot" and a "moron" and, at times, said: "What are you, 10? Do you need to call your mommy."

Maxwell detailed some of the allegations for WDEL in conversations that predate her severance agreement, in which she received $59,000 to vacate her position with county council. Maxwell was also paid $21,000 for five months' leave while an independent investigation was conducted. Attorneys and HR fees in the case have amounted to more than $74,000.

Maxwell also alleged in the report that one of Hartley-Nagle's closest advisers--who's not on paid county staff--asked whether Maxwell needed a "different prescription regiment" in a February off-site meeting to discuss her performance.

Maxwell, the daughter of former top county official and lobbyist Bob Maxwell, failed to return several requests for comment, since WDEL first learned of the alleged harassment in May. Her severance agreement now explicitly bars her from speaking to the media.