On Sun, 22 Aug 2021 13:54:24 -0700 (PDT), Lynn Kelly
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lynnk03@gmail.com> wrote:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9913963/Actress-sues-Young-Restless-showrunner-claiming-sexually-harassed-her.html
"An actress has filed a lawsuit against the showrunner of the popular soap opera The Young and the Restless, claiming he sexually harassed her by playing with the strings of her bikini on set and offering her 'private acting lessons.'
Briana Thomas, who played a barista in the show's fictional Crimson Lights Coffeehouse, filed the lawsuit on Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court against Anthony Morina, CBS Studios and Sony Pictures Television.
Thomas alleged that she was sexually harassed from 2018 until February 22, 2019 when she claims she was 'illegally terminated' because she refused Morina's advances.
He then allegedly leaned into her, putting his hands on her lower back while whispering that he could give her 'a private acting lesson sometime.'
Thomas was required to wear a bikini during one scene set at a poolside bar, but was allowed to wear a mesh sarong over it at all times, the lawsuit reads.
Morina allegedly saw her walking to set with a rope over the swimsuit and pulled the robe open. While 'leering' at her body, he said: 'So, you're in a bikini today. Nice.'
He then allegedly tried to get a stage manager to get her to remove the sarong, but the stage manager allegedly told Morina that he wouldn't make her do that.
GRRRRRR These frivolous lawsuits that are obviously money grabs serve
to make it so nobody believes it when there is real sexual harassment.
This allegedly happened 2-1/2 years ago. Yet she waited to file a
lawsuit until after she saw the spate of lucrative harassment suits in
the news. And these kinds of cases invariably are in direct
opposition to the American "guilty until proven innocent beyond a
doubt." In sexual harassment cases there is almost always an
assumption of guilt, and then the man (or woman) has to prove that
they didn't do it -- which is impossible since it's usually their word
against the accuser, and almost always years after the fact. And
these women know that these cases end up with financial settlements
because they damage the alleged perpetrator's reputation, career, and
life in general. So even if not guilty they settle to try to get past
it. BTW, you never, ever hear about sexual harassment suits filed
against anyone who isn't loaded with money.
Yes, I know there are genuine cases of sexual harassment that are
horrific and demeaning. But the only way to tell them apart would be
if polygraphs were allowed to be required in civil cases.
JMO
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