Corcoran Prez Allegedly Hates Gays, Fat People

Pam Liebman

Is the Corcoran Group the new Conde Nast? A new lawsuit claims that the company's president Pam Liebman is obsessed with people's weight, dieting and gym routines. Jason Riggs, a former manager there, is now suing, saying he was fired for being an "overweight gay male."

Riggs says that Liebman gossiped about how he had "ballooned up" over time (he had been at the company for 11 years), and according to the Daily News "he contends Liebman didn't like gay men and shunted off Riggs and another gay man to the den during a Thanksgiving dinner at her home." The Post notes that he saw a psychiatrist and went on prescription meds due to the harassment.

He was fired in October 2008, one month after speaking up about the discrimination. The company claims he failed to follow the chain of command when making the complaint.

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By Jen Carlson in News on April 8, 2010 12:50 PM

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mrdupont

Hmmm - this is probably true. High powered, two-faced, etc. She needs to gain a pound or two.

grumpygirl

interesting.

i grew up with the corcorans (there are like ten of them), in jersey, and one of them is a lesbian.

NannyState

Babs swings both ways...when the checks clear. :)

dirty hipster

She's a very homely woman - she shouldn't be harassing people because of their appearance.

She sorta looks like Tom Petty.

Joe

Why would she invite him to Thanksgiving just to shun him?

robingee

Why would people go see Garfunkel, Messina, Oates and Lisa just to boo them?

dollarmenu

Correction: to shunt him. Drain some of that gay fluid out of his brain.

Splicer

This woman is a piece of work but what's with the hysterical sob story complete with psychiatry and prescription meds? It makes me want to hit myself with my man-purse.

l3iodeez

Yeah this is pretty reprehensible, but the victim is obviously just looking for a payday. I doubt the victim deserves to get paid but the company definitely deserves to pay.