NBC Universal Faces Wrongful-Termination Suit Amid Sexual Harassment Allegations
Former Los Angeles employee Gina De Marco alleges a "hostile work environment" that included a supervisor referring to his genitalia as a "lightsaber." Gina De Marco, a former NBCUniversal employee in Los Angeles, claims the media conglomerate failed to fully investigate alleged sexual harassment by her direct supervisor, which created a hostile work environment. So De Marco has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit that, among other things, claims NBCUniversal failed to respond adequately to "inappropriate gender-based, sexual comments" she faced, and that she was subjected to retaliation as a result of her complaints about unlawful harassment. The action against subsidiary NBC Universal Media was filed in California state court in September. The media giant is fighting the lawsuit. Last month, NBCU had the case removed to federal court. According to the complaint, De Marco was a senior digital fulfillment specialist at NBC Universal be...