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03-11-2016, 06:42 PM
Advertising agency CEO joked about raping female employees, lawsuit alleges
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A longtime employee is accusing the head of storied Madison Avenue ad agency JWT of making repeated racist and ***ist remarks in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Thursday.
Erin Johnson, JWT's chief communication ******r, is alleging that CEO Gustavo Martinez's "apparent comfort in making constant racist and ***ist slurs" created a hostile work environment for female and mi**rity employees, according to the suit.
SEE ALSO: Brands embrace 'fempowerment' campaigns to appeal to women (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/brands-women-empowerment/)
The lawsuit, first reported by the New York Post (http://nypost.com/2016/03/10/jwt-ceo-made-rape-jokes-mocked-jews-and-blacks-suit/),*names JWT and its parent company WPP, the largest advertising company in the world, as defendants. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/ad-agency-ceo-joked-about-raping-female-employees-lawsuit-alleges/)
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A longtime employee is accusing the head of storied Madison Avenue ad agency JWT of making repeated racist and ***ist remarks in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Thursday.
Erin Johnson, JWT's chief communication ******r, is alleging that CEO Gustavo Martinez's "apparent comfort in making constant racist and ***ist slurs" created a hostile work environment for female and mi**rity employees, according to the suit.
SEE ALSO: Brands embrace 'fempowerment' campaigns to appeal to women (http://mashable.com/2016/03/08/brands-women-empowerment/)
The lawsuit, first reported by the New York Post (http://nypost.com/2016/03/10/jwt-ceo-made-rape-jokes-mocked-jews-and-blacks-suit/),*names JWT and its parent company WPP, the largest advertising company in the world, as defendants. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/03/11/ad-agency-ceo-joked-about-raping-female-employees-lawsuit-alleges/)
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