A Las Vegas restaurant whose parent is led by Michelin-starred chef Thomas Keller was sued on Thursday by a U.S. government agency, which accused managers of sexually harassing female and male employees on a daily basis.
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission said Bouchon Las Vegas knew or should have known about the "ubiquitous, open, frequent, and consistent" harassment by male and female managers since 2018, and that it created a hostile work environment.
The EEOC filed its lawsuit in federal court in Las Vegas. It also filed three other sexual harassment lawsuits on Thursday against restaurants in the Las Vegas area.Among those accused of wrongdoing were the celebrity chefs Mario Batali and John Besh, and restaurateur Ken Friedman. It said the sexually harassing behavior included asking female employees to have oral sex in locations such as a walk-in freezer, and throwing objects such as ice onto them.It sued on behalf of Carol Zavala, a former hostess who said her manager brushed his body against hers, touched her stomach, yanked her arm and caused bruises, and once tripped her because she refused his advances.
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