Gay Man Awarded $90,000 in sex harassment case

[ccharles000]

(London) A British labor tribunal has awarded £62,500, about $90,000 US, to a gay man who claimed he was the victim of sexual harassment because a female co-worker jiggled her breasts at him.

Allwyn Rondeau, 47, a security guard at London’s Heathrow Airport, went to the tribunal claiming fellow worker Lucy Chilton, then 42, had repeatedly made sexual advances to him.

When told he was gay, the tribunal heard, Chilton placed his hand on her breast, then told him he “wouldn’t know what to do with a woman anyway.” Nevertheless, he testified that the advances continued.

When he repeatedly turned her down, he said, Chilton falsely accused him of inappropriate sexual behavior.

Rondeau said that after Chilton made the claim to supervisors he was stripped of his pass, suspended, and escorted out of the terminal.

Chilton’s claims were later found to be untrue, but she was not disciplined. No action was taken on Rondeau’s complaint that he was the one who had been the victim of inappropriate behavior.

The tribunal heard that Rondeau sank into a deep depression, is on medication and barely leaves his bedroom.

http://www.365gay.com/news/gay-man-awarded-90000-in-sex-harassment-case/

[rd_kent]

1. Whats good for the goose....

If I cant grab my penis and shake it at a woman, she shouldnt be able to grab her boobs and shake em at me. Fair is fair.

[Orangepeel]

2. what a stupid first sentence of this article

the rest of the story says that he was the victim on repeated advances and fired when he reported it. That's hardly claiming you were a victim because someone jiggled her breasts.

[pnwmom]

3. Good. n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

4. Every time we let false harassment claims go unpunished it devalues all the real ones