A trucker from New York just got a major pay day in court. Raymond Rosas was awarded 2.2 million smackeroos this week in a lawsuit against his former employer, Balter Sales Co., a restaurant supply company headquartered in Manhattan.
The settlement came after Rosas accused his former manager, Barry Rosenberg, of making unwanted sexual advances towards him in the workplace.
According to Rosas’ lawsuit, Rosenberg “would repeatedly stick his tongue out” and try to lick Rosas’ face (ew!) and “would repeatedly try and grab Rosas’ buttocks” at work (rude!). In addition to that, he would allegedly draw penises on Rosas’ paychecks almost every week.
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When Rosas finally went to supervisor Mark Balter to complain about the harassment, he claims Balter accused him of having “a Latin attitude” then fired him a few months later.
According to Balter, Rosas was fired for stealing $700 worth of restaurant equipment, a charge the driver denies. He claims the termination was as a result of his ethnicity, sex and was retribution for speaking out against Rosenberg.
In the end, the jury sided with Rosas.
“The jury was absolutely right,” Rosas’ lawyer lawyer, Derek Smith, said. “The jury was angered at the way Mark Balter treated his employee.”
Related: NYPD’s ‘Jock Itch’ Cop Costs City $300K In Sexual Harassment Case
h/t: New York Daily News
John Malin
Hate and bigotry are very, very costly!
Joe Hamill
Deserves the Prick right lol
Chris Tan
I want to have my butt grabbed and win $2.2 milllion lawsuit!
Giancarlo85
Lets see here… hatred, bigotry, sexual harassment and wrongful termination. Was this idiotic company trying to get sued? Open and shut case.
alphacentauri
Congrats to the trucker.
This is why they hate us.
Brian
I wouldn’t mind somebody harassing me so long as they were devastatingly good-looking and had a great body.
Giancarlo85
@alphacentauri: This is why they hate us? What do you mean by that ridiculous statement? Probably just another one you cannot possibly support.
Poloboy50
Sadly in a lot of these cases they never see a dime of the settlement.
Curtispsf
Damn…where are the butt grabbers and burgeoning artists when I need them. Please, someone with wealth and means come grab my ass.
Wooly
Oh please, 2.2 mill for this? You think he was raped with a broomstikc or something. A couple of hundred thousand I can see but 2.2mill?
ivanw222
At a company I used to work for I heard one of the dispatchers muttering “kill all the fagots” as he walked through the halls. I stepped into my, and his, bosses office and reported it. He said “wait here” he returned a few minutes later and said I won’t hear it again, and I didn’t. That’s the right way to deal with something like this. The trucker deserves every penny!