Department of Interior Ordered To Pay $149,459 In Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission ("EEOC") Office of Federal Operations awarded Department of Interior employee Celeste Gray $149,459 to settle her sexual harassment lawsuit. According to the lawsuit over a period of two years Gray's supervisor would call her into his office to pick up trash off the floor in front of his desk so he could view her tell her that there was nothing he did not know about a woman's body and call her breasts the girls.
As a result of the sexual harassment Gray's weight increased dramatically to make herself less attractive to the supervisor. Gray also suffered from anxiety, nightmares, sleep disorder and was under the care of a psychologist. Gray received $100,000 emotional distress, $43,359 for past and future medical expenses and a $6,100 tax enhancement to offset the future medical expenses.
As an example of the kind of sexual harassment Gray endured, when she was going out of town, her supervisor in a sexual gesture said, "I hope you don't give up nothing,"
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