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A former client services associate at the Melville, Long Island branch of Morgan Stanley filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court claiming her old boss "tried to 'sexually assault her' with a pencil", stole her underwear, and complained to her about how his wife wouldn't give him oral sex. Lisa LaMacchia claims that a human resources official told her to "suck it up" after Richard Dorfman allegedly threw a file at her and called her a "f---ing bitch." LaMacchia is seeking monetary damages.
The lawsuit describes a number of incidents. Dorfman allegedly stole her underwear from her gym bag, asked her to wear dresses because his wife was fat, and call her a "bitch" in a lobby. From the Daily News:
After she confronted Dorfman on Sept. 7 about bonuses she had been promised, he allegedly put his hand up her skirt and groped her genitals.And when she met with human resources again, they suggested she move to another branch, "an office farther from her home, and to a job with less pay, vacation time and other benefits," according to the AP. She was unhappy with the decision and went on disability leave, during which she was fired. Morgan Stanley denies LaMacchia's claims, but her lawyer Joseph Ranni said, "This is how these guys operate. Subordinates are just fair game, especially young women. And if managers think they can do things with impunity, they're emboldened."An hour later, when she again demanded the money, he "smiled" and suggested that if she wanted it, having sex with him "wouldn't be a bad idea," the papers say.
As she turned to leave, he put his hand up her skirt again, this time holding a pencil, the suit charges.
Three years ago, Morgan Stanley settled a sexual harassment lawsuit from a group of female employees for $54 million. And last year, a former Morgan Stanley stockbroker filed a lawsuit claiming that her colleagues at a Midtown office watched pornography and would put porn magazines on her desk.
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God, that's all really disgusting. It looks like Morgan Stanley has pretty big problems with this. I wonder how widespread this is amongst other companies.
All she had to do was give the guy a rusty trumpet and those bonuses would have been sweet music to her ears...
How can a guy think a woman would like a pencil in her vajayjay???
Is this a white guy? of course, it is.
I thought Moron stanley is the cream of the crop?
How widespread? You get a bunch of white frat boys together and what do you think?
Are people really so stupid in this day and age of endless seminars re sexual harassment? The firm I work for has had two since I started here and I've only worked here for two years. I don't know if I really believe this, especially the part about human resources telling her to suck it up. It sounds untrue. But I could be wrong...
Whoh. I read this and immediately sent my resume over. My kinda place!
i guess i'm the only one who thinks her story sounds like crap. physically it doesn't make any sense.
that's why moronstanley settled their previous suit, because it was crap and physically doesn't make any sense.
What the heck does that mean? physically doesn't make any sense?
lemme guess, you're white.
right. people never make up stories. we should just believe everything.
but why believe me. i'm probably white.
Yes, you are.
this woman made this up. that's why she's taking this to court so people can hear her made up story.
Men always treated woman with respect at these places, how dare she make it up, right?
She has some nerve, right?
who knows, I wouldnt put it paste the "frat boys" down on wall street row to do such things; but then again I wouldnt put it past someone to make the most of their surroundings and start throwing around harassment threats
News-flash: the vast majority of bankers are impotent, yet self-assured pricks with little class, even less tact and a near-total lack social grace of who would have little opporunnity for sexual congress with the opposite sex were it not for their strong financial situation. What's new?
heh, vajayjay. what about bajingo?
wow. i never realized some incredibly judgemental person capable of such a rash generalization spent his or her life meeting the vast majority of bankers. weird. how do you find the time?
easy, I'm on the internets all day and all night.
what's the word kathy griffin used for her vag? (what the Ibankers call a gash) I think it was pecse or something. also called her pineapple.
This story makes me glad I have guest comments blocked.
Wow. Morgan Stanley still doesn't get it? And this lawsuit comes three years after a sexual harassment that cost MS $54 million.