The woman is suing both Rose and Bloomberg.
Charlie Rose's longtime makeup artist says she witnessed him harass women in the workplace for more than 20 years and that she was denied severance when his show was canceled and she lost her job.
Ginna Riggi on Thursday sued Rose and Bloomberg in New York state court, alleging that the longtime news anchor created a toxic work environment for woman and that she was misclassified as an independent contractor. show in 1995 and spent more than two decades managing its makeup department. Riggi details Rose's alleged sexually harassing and abusive conduct toward her female colleagues and says she felt a maternal instinct to protect them.
"As the Show's third longest-tenured employee, behind only Executive Producer Yvette Vega and Mr. Rose himself, Ms. Riggi personally was subjected to, and observed, Mr. Rose's inappropriate conduct and harassment of female staff on countless occasions," states the complaint. "Despite being a victim of Mr. Rose's misogynistic abuse herself, Ms.
She also alleges that Rose was abusive during on-set touch-ups of his hair and makeup and "routinely ridiculed" her appearance and weight in public.amid harassment allegations against Rose, and alleges she was denied a severance payment because the company didn't consider her to be an employee.
She's suing for discrimination and harassment, violation of New York labor law and unjust enrichment and is seeking lost wages, compensatory and punitive damages.
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