harrassment News

Snowboarders Sue Coach, USOPC in Assault, Harassment Case

Olympic bronze medalist Rosey Fletcher has filed a lawsuit accusing former snowboard coach Peter Foley of sexually assaulting, harassing and intimidating members of his team for years, while the organizations overseeing the team did nothing to stop it. Fletcher is …

NFL Seeks $1.5M From M.I.A. Over Super Bowl Finger

M.I.A. said she’s been subjected to a year and a half of legal harassment by the National Football League since she extended a middle finger while performing alongside Madonna at the American football championship Super Bowl XLVI halftime show in …

Growing Push to Halt Workplace Bullying

Margaret Fiester is no shrinking violet, but she says working for her former boss was a nightmare. “One day I didn’t do something right and she actually laid her hands on me and got up in my face and started …

US Attorney Stephanie Rose Sued By Former Employee

A former assistant U.S. attorney alleges in a lawsuit that she was subjected to age discrimination and harassment by her boss, Stephanie Rose. Rose is a federal judge nominee now under consideration by the U.S. Senate. The Des Moines Register …

Kentucky Company Settlements EEOC Harassment Suit

An Ashland, Kentucky, credit card processing company has agreed to pay $365,000 to 11 former employees who said they were sexually harassed by the company’s owner. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed suit against MMS Resources Inc. over the …

Florida Parents Sue Over Daughter’s “Sexting” Suicide

The parents of a 13-year-old Tampa girl who hanged herself after enduring classmates’ taunts over a revealing photo texted to a boy have sued the school district. The parents of Hope Witsell filed a federal lawsuit this week, accusing the …

Louisiana Construction Company Loses Harassment Case

A federal jury has awarded $451,000 in damages to a post-Katrina bridge repair worker who filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Boh Bros. Construction Co. in 2009. Kerry S. Woods, a 33-year-old ironworker represented in the suit by the U.S. …