All posts containing the tag: "SexualHarassment"
Posted Oct 27th 2009 12:50AM by TMZ Staff
Ay, brother -- Henry Ian Cusick is off the hook.
Cusick -- who plays Desmond Hume on "Lost" -- has settled a sexual harassment lawsuit with a former production staffer who sued him back in April for allegedly grabbing and touching her inappropriately.
The woman sued Cusick, ABC and a Hawaiian production company. Her lawyer tells us she has settled with all the defendants and the terms are confidential.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Lost, Exclusives
Tags: henry ian cusick, HenryIanCusick, lawsuit, lost, settlement, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted Oct 14th 2009 12:57AM by TMZ Staff
TMZ has obtained the sexual harassment policy statement for David Letterman's production company, Worldwide Pants -- and what's NOT in the document is more interesting than what is.
Nothing in the document prohibits an employee from gettin' down with the host. In fact, the document -- which we're told was first distributed approximately five years ago -- does not prohibit sexual liaisons in the office, provided they're not "unsolicited and unwelcome."
The policy does make it clear it's inappropriate for a supervisor to offer a promotion, salary increase or any other type of bonus in exchange for "providing any form of sexual favor to or dating a supervisor."
If Letterman were held to CBS policies, he would have been required to notify a member of the CBS brass and declare his affair. But Letterman is not a CBS employee so that rule doesn't apply.
So ... as long as Letterman didn't reward his office "partners" with perks ... WWP would have no issues with him.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Exclusives, David Letterman
Tags: david letterman, DavidLetterman, document, policty, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted May 15th 2009 5:34PM by TMZ Staff
The restaurant Justin Timberlake helped open in NY has just been hit with a sexual harassment suit, after a former employee claims JT's business partners forced her to watch porn to the point she broke into tears.
In the suit, obtained by the NY Daily News, Alison McDaniel alleges "vile" acts courtesy of Southern Hospitality. McDaniel says she was spit on and called numerous expletives.
McDaniel claims Justin's business partners -- Eytan Sugarman and Ronnie Kaplan -- made her watch "pornography while in a locked room... and made fun of her when she began crying."
The suit claims Alison was fired after complaining.
Justin, along with Sugarman and Kaplan and Trace Ayala, are all named as defendants.
UPDATE: Justin's people just send us this comment: "While Justin and Trace Ayala continue their friendship with Eytan Sugarman who owns Southern Hospitality, they are not investors, owners, or partners, nor do they have any knowledge of or involvement in the operations of the restaurant."
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Filed under: Justin Timberlake
Tags: Alison McDaniel, AlisonMcdaniel, Eytan Sugarman, EytanSugarman, Justin timberlake, JustinTimberlake, lawsuit, new york, NewYork, NYC, restuarant, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment, Southern Hospitality, SouthernHospitality
Posted May 4th 2009 4:28PM by TMZ Staff
Rande Gerber's sexual harassment lawsuit is about to get even sexier -- George Clooney will take the stand. Put another way, he's testifying against the chicks, so they may as well fold now.
Gerber, along with a couple of his employees, are being sued for sexual harassment -- allegedly kissing and fondling two former waitresses. Gerber calls the claims a "blatant lie" and he's even got witnesses to prove it -- including Mr. Clooney himself.
A rep for Gerber tells us, "Mr. Gerber and Mr. Clooney are willing to take a lie detector tests to prove that the allegations against Mr. Gerber are false. Mr. Gerber will not settle this extortion case even for a single dollar and will take all actions necessary to clear his name, including filing a $10 million lawsuit for malicious prosecution once these allegations are proven false."
Case closed.
UPDATE -- Through his rep, Clooney tells us, "I was with Rande the entire night -- as were a lot of people -- they will all say the same thing that I'm saying. This event never happened. Period."
Filed under: George Clooney
Tags: court, george clooney, GeorgeClooney, rande gerber, RandeGerber, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment, testifies
Posted May 1st 2009 5:58PM by TMZ Staff
Rande Gerber, the business mogul husband of Cindy Crawford, is being sued for sexual harassment by a pair of former female employees.
According to a lawsuit filed in March in San Diego County Superior Court, two former waitresses claim they were fired from a restaurant owned by Gerber's company for refusing to give in to the advances of Gerber and other managers where they worked.
On one occasion in 2008, while working at the Moonstone Lounge located in the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego, one of the women claims Gerber attempted to kiss her three times during the night, then "put his hand up [her] dress in between her legs in an attempt to fondle her crotch."
The women are suing for unspecified damages.
Gerber's reps tell us, "These allegations were previously investigated and shown to be baseless," adding, "This lawsuit has no merit."
He's married to Cindy Crawford, for cryin' out loud ...
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: cindy crawford, CindyCrawford, hard rock hotel, HardRockHotel, lawsuit, moonstone lounge, MoonstoneLounge, rande gerber, RandeGerber, san diego, SanDiego, sexual harassment, sexual harrassment, SexualHarassment, SexualHarrassment, sued
Posted Apr 24th 2009 7:45PM by TMZ Staff
Henry Ian Cusick, who plays Desmond on the show "Lost," is being sued for sexual harassment.
According to a lawsuit filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court, Chelsea Stone claims that while working on the show, Cusick placed his hand on her buttocks and caressed the back of her body while making moaning sounds.
She also claims Cusick "placed his face on top of [her] breasts, moving his face from side to side." He then squeezed her breasts with his hands.
According to the lawsuit, approximately twelve days after this went down, Stone was let go. ABC and Grass Skirt Productions are also named as defendants. She is seeking unspecified damages.
Cusick's rep had no comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Lost
Tags: ABC, Desmond, grass skirt productions, GrassSkirtProductions, harassment, henry cusick, Henry Ian Cusick, HenryCusick, HenryIanCusick, lawsuit, los angeles court, LosAngelesCourt, Lost, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment, sue, sued
Posted May 30th 2008 8:04PM by TMZ Staff
American Apparel is being sued by a woman who claims masturbation was not part of the job requirement.
Jeneleen Floyd claims she worked for the company in the product placement department since 2005. She says Dov Charney, the C.E.O., was your basic monster boss. ln the lawsuit, filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Floyd claims last March, Charney went nuts on her, doing this and that. She says it got out of control when he "made several references to an interview he had conducted with Jane magazine wherein he had received oral sex from an employee during the course of the interview and the reporter had engaged in masturbation." The suit continues, "Defendant Charney sat down and ordered Plaintiff to 'pretend to masturbate.'"
Floyd says when she refused to comply, Charney ordered a dude in the office to pretend choke the chicken and then "simulated an oral sex act with him."
She says she was so upset she couldn't go back to work and wants unspecified damages.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, Wacky & Weird
Tags: american apparel, AmericanApparel, celebrity justice, CelebrityJustice, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted Jun 7th 2006 6:39PM by TMZ Staff
A female employee filed a sexual and age harassment lawsuit Wednesday against Hustler founder Larry Flynt. In the suit, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Cheryl Oldham claims she was frequently distracted at work by sounds of Flynt having sex with prostitutes in his office. She also alleges that Flynt retaliated against her for helping another female employee with a similar claim.
Court documents
Cheryl Oldham v. Larry Flynt
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Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: Larry Flynt, LarryFlynt, lawsuit, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted Apr 28th 2006 5:23PM by TMZ Staff
Maury Povich and Connie Chung went two on one with 'EXTRA' to discuss the secrets of their 22 year marriage. Chung admits telling the truth is key as well as engaging in activities you are passionate about.
Ironically the interview was taped prior to the filing of a sexual harassment suit against Povich and other members of his staff by a former producer.
Check local listings for when 'EXTRA' airs.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV
Tags: Connie Chung, ConnieChung, Maury Povich, MauryPovich, Sexual Harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted Feb 4th 2006 11:26AM by TMZ Staff
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Lawyers for Marlon Brando's estate have settled a sexual harassment and unlawful termination lawsuit against the late actor's estate by his former business manager, attorneys said.
Details of the settlement, described as "amicable" by lawyers for Jo An Corrales of Kalama, Wash., were not released.
Jo An Corrales filed her lawsuit against the Brando estate in Los Angeles Superior Court in April. She alleged that the late actor insulted her and subjected her to sexual innuendo, and that he exposed his genitals, touched her inappropriately, forced her to watch pornographic movies with him, and told her dirty autobiographical stories.
She also claimed she was unfairly removed as co-executor of Brando's will 12 days before he died.
Pete Linden, an attorney for Corrales, said Friday that both sides signed off an agreement.
Brando estate attorney Elizabeth Bawden had no comment.
Filed under: Celebrity Justice
Tags: jo An Corrales, JoAnCorrales, Marlon Brando, MarlonBrando, sexual harassment, SexualHarassment
Posted Jan 26th 2006 11:33AM by TMZ Staff
Famed producer Aaron Spelling has been hit with a lawsuit, claiming he repeatedly placed his hand on the "groin and genital area" of the former nurse who cared for him.
In the lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, Charlene Richards alleges Spelling also grabbed her breasts, exposed himself to her, and masturbated in her presence. And it gets even more lurid.
According to the lawsuit, the 82-year-old producer of 'Melrose Place,' 'Charlie's Angels' and other hits solicited oral sex, stuck his tongue in her mouth and talked "about his own sexual liaisons with actresses."
In the suit, Richards says that Spelling bragged "that he had many actresses who would come into his office and perform oral sex on him."
The lawsuit, filed against Spelling and his wife Candy, alleges sexual harassment, retaliation, wrongful termination and sexual battery.
Spelling sued Richards for defamation last November, claiming she violated a confidentiality agreement by spreading rumors that he sexually harassed her. In that case, Spelling claimed Richards threatened to reveal secrets about him unless he paid her "an unspecified amount." Spelling's lawsuit alleges Richards' "goal in life is to find a rich man to support her in a lavish manner."
Bert Fields, Spelling's lawyer, tells TMZ, Richards' lawsuit is "totally baseless." Fields adds, "Anyone who knows Aaron knows that he would not, could not and never would behave in that way."
Filed under: Celebrity Justice, TV, The Biz
Tags: Aaron Spelling, AaronSpelling, Melrose Place, MelrosePlace, Sexual Harassment, SexualHarassment
