Fat-Assed Lady Sings: Opera Boss Assaulted Me

Can you name the opera where the main character slaps a woman's ass, gives her an allergic reaction to latex and then grabs her vagina -- twice? Here's a hint -- it ain't Don Giovanni.
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According to a lawsuit filed by a former employee at the ultra-exclusive celebrity hangout Opera in Hollywood, the big boss who runs the club did all of the above -- and more -- to her during the time she worked at the hot spot.

In the suit, filed earlier today in L.A. County Superior Court, a woman named Susan K. claims in October of last year, Opera bigwig David Judaken "reached his hand between plaintiff's legs and squeezed plaintiff's vagina through her jeans." She also claims the bossman once asked if she "padded the seat of her jeans in an effort to draw the attention of African-American men" and then repeatedly slapped it. When she reported it to another superior, Susan claimed the other boss did nothing.


Susan, who also says her bosses knew she was extremely allergic to latex, wouldn't let her off work during a party in which tons of latex balloons were brought into the club. Of course, she claims she was forced to work anyway -- and of course got sick (rashes, itchy skin, you get the point... ) and ended up in the emergency room.

Now, Susan wants at least $25k to make it all better. Calls to Judaken's reps were not returned.

Cue the fat lady...

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1. Hey dude, go to an escort service, it is just as wrong.

Posted at 7:59PM on May 19th 2008 by Kelli

2. My firm used to conduct business with this David and his partners. He is as SHADY as they come. Guarantee he will instruct his minnions to throw a little $ $ at this and make it go away.

Posted at 8:08PM on May 19th 2008 by 10belles

3. SHE LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF IT! ENCORE! ENCORE

Posted at 8:10PM on May 19th 2008 by Krishna

4. HOT MAN... How about I walk into your hot club and you put the moves on my cookie and butt!

Give it to me give it to me.

-Jen

Posted at 8:43PM on May 19th 2008 by Jennifer

5. Wow I am so surprised, he is married to a beautiful lady, Opal Anchel, well after this probably not for long. What a loser!

Posted at 8:50PM on May 19th 2008 by PJ

6. I KNEW IT KELLI IS A WHORE!!!!!!

Posted at 10:58PM on May 19th 2008 by kelli is a blob

7. Remember that some women make FALSE accusations. They see some deep pockets, they are bitter about perceived mistreatment at work, and whammo, there's a lawsuit. It happens all the time.

Why is it that this guy has been in the restaurant/nightclub business for a LONG time and yet this is the first woman to notice this behavior?

It could be it's because the alleged acts NEVER HAPPENED. I don't know if they did or they did not, but please, for the sake of this guy's family, keep an open mind. In fact, a lawsuit based on false allegations happened at the place where I worked. It really does happen.

Posted at 10:58PM on May 19th 2008 by Average Joe

8. ROFL! How do you grab a vagina through jeans? I'm a girl and I've not figured that one out yet. Vag = inside the body. Stupid girl.

I don't condone sexual harrassment but I still think what she stated in her litigation is funny.

Posted at 11:08PM on May 19th 2008 by Heather

9. Yes, thats believable, feel better.

Posted at 1:57AM on May 20th 2008 by Kelli

10. WOW, he finally got called out. I had a friend who worked at Mood-one of his other clubs. She said he was pretty handsy and grabby with her too.
Glad someone finally stood up to that behavior. Just because you run a hot club, doesn't mean you can treat women like that!!!

Posted at 2:04AM on May 20th 2008 by stacey

11. Hmmmm sounds kinda kinky... my sex life is dull... wish he'd slap my butt and grope my vageen!!

Posted at 7:51AM on May 20th 2008 by Hot

12. Yeah, look at the pic. This man has perv written all over his face. He's cute enough he should be able to the do the consentual sex thing. He may be pervy enough that it's not good enough for him.

Posted at 8:11AM on May 20th 2008 by wonderful people

13. Someone questioned the latex allergy. It's actually quite serious and becoming more and more common. Look on bandaid boxes and you'll see quite a few of them now announce they are "latex-free" for this reason. I just started reacting badly myself to bandaids (although I think I have trouble with other plastics as well as latex).

Hospitals have had to be careful of latex gloves etc. during surgery and other manipulations for a long time and need to have non-latex options and reminder signs available about "no latex zones" if they haven't already gone all non-latex already. If you need to have surgery, it's a good idea to make sure you aren't already allergic to latex and be aware that an allergy (mild, moderate, or severe) may develop later after exposure under such stressful conditions.

Some people are so sensitive to allergenic or other substances that just the dust in the air from the material (e.g. wheat flour for celiacs, who are intolerant of gluten in the flour) can cause serious reactions, including prolonged illness. So it is not impossible that the person did have a reaction to a lot of latex balloons in the room (any material sheds its own "dust", just like kitty dander...), even if careful not to touch them. If that event can be proven (that the latex balloons were present in quantity and she asked to get the time off and was refused) and she has medical support for the latex allergy (or can get it by being tested, if she just knows from personal experience)- that is very likely a violation of labor laws.

The other complaints would be harder to prove unless there are witnesses willing to testify (i.e., not worried about losing their jobs). But latex allergy can be proven objectively. If she went to the emergency room as indicated in the story, the records should be easy to get. She's not actually asking for much money by today's standards, so my guess is that if the Emergency Room records are shown to the lawyers and they are convinced of the latex allergy, then they will advise their client to just settle out of court. Otherwise any allergist could be used as an expert witness to testify about the effects of the balloon incident, and their defense would be, er, punctured.

Posted at 8:50AM on May 20th 2008 by jwoolman

14. Latex allergies can be more than itchy skin and rashes. Being close to latex balloons could cause an anaphylactic reaction, which would require an emergency room visit. Another thing that even a lot of people who are allergic don't realize is that if you have the allergy and eat food prepared by people wearing latex gloves, it can cause all kinds of stomach issues and other reactions.

Posted at 9:06AM on May 20th 2008 by allergic to latex too

15. You can tell by looking at him he is a JERK. It's hard to come forward about things like this sometimes. But I would do it in a minute. Some men are such idiots. What a fool.

Posted at 10:06AM on May 20th 2008 by Olivia

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