Lawsuit: Woman fired for being too pretty

upi ^ | June 3, 2010

[JoeProBono]

NEW YORK,- A New York woman's lawsuit against Citigroup says she was fired because bosses deemed her feminine beauty to be a distraction for male colleagues.

Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, said in her city Supreme Court lawsuit that she was ordered not to wear turtlenecks, pencil skirts, fitted suits or heels in the workplace because the tight clothing made her body "too distracting" for male coworkers, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.

"Never did I ever show cleavage," Lorenzana said. "I like fashion, but I always dressed professionally."

"I can't help it that I have curves," she said. "And I'm not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else."

The woman's attorney, Jack Tuckner of Tuckner Sipser Weinstock & Sipser, said bosses at Citi's Rockefeller Center branch moved Lorenzana to a secluded part of the office as retaliation for her sexual harassment complaints and fired her one month later.

"All it came down to was, 'We don't want to deal with you, because you're just too good looking,'" Tuckner said.

Citigroup released a statement describing the lawsuit as "without merit."

"Citi is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and providing a respectful environment in the workplace," the statement said.

[JoeProBono]

[massgopguy]

“My eyes are up here Homer.” - Carmen Electra
“I’ve made my choice.” - Homer Simpson

[Defiant]

I disagree. She is guilty of the charge. Of being too sexy.

[ArrogantBustard]

Sexual Harassment can be described by an undesired look, comment, touch, nuance, over-heard conversation, gesture, expression, statement, whistle or even a glance - in a manner that the recipient doesn't want.

Emphasis added. Sexual harassment exists solely in the mind of the offended party.

[Defiant]

Shouldn’t an employee be perky?

[lovecraft]

No matter how hot a woman is, there’s some guy, somewhere, that’s sick of her sh!t! :)

[Fawn]

Lawsuit: Woman fired for being too pretty

...and conceited.

[maddog55]

I'd hit that !

[achilles2000]

I hope no one would be foolish enough to marry her...

[School of Rational Thought]

Ah karumba

[cydcharisse]

You’ve been a naughty girl...now go to my room.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[wbill]

High Maintenance. No Doubt.

[Arrowhead1952]

The morning show had this as a topic yesterday and the Todd & Don show did part of their program on this today. She has a SNOBBY attitude. She is also employed elsewhere now, wearing the same outfits. Also a single mom.

[wbill]

Paging Laz, Paging Laz to the “I’dHitIt” courtesy phone.....

[Lakeshark]

Now you'e done it....

:-)

[jimbo123]

I hope no one would be foolish enough to marry her...

I don't think the point is to marry her...

[BunnySlippers]

Which might be her problem.

Are her clothes too tight? And how does she walk?

But she does have an attitude.

[Fred Hayek]

Years ago there was a designer working for me who was an absolute 10. And she flaunted it. She could also get the work done. She was known to file SH complaints on guys hitting on her in the office. So she tried the brainless bimbo act to get my attention, to which I let her know I was not impressed by the act (one other engineer whom i had worked with in the field afterwards let her know that I did not suffer fools kindly). We wound up being good friends after that.