Fea La Torre filed on Thursday the civil complaint in the U.S. District Court for the NMI. She is seeking a jury trial.
Her attorney, Gilbert J. Birnbirch included several “Does” in the civil complaint. Birnbirch stated that his client started to work at Club Micronesia on June 12, 2004.
“Defendants required plaintiff to meet and sit with customers who visited its establishments and to allow customers to sexually harass plaintiff,” Birnbirch added.
This harassment included allowing customers to touch his client inappropriately.
La Torre objected and complained to the management, which told her to permit her customers to sexually harass her, Birnbirch said.
He added that the plaintiff and other female employees of Club Micronesia experienced harmful and offensive touching.
He said management harassed and used retaliatory conduct against the plaintiff, her co-workers and other employees after they complained.
These included verbal and physical abuse, Birnbich said.
According to the complaint, Japan Enterprises made the working conditions so intolerable for La
Torre who was forced to leave her employment on July 8, 2009.
Birnbirch said more than 30 days prior to the filing of this suit, La Torre filed charges of discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against Japan Enterprises.
In 2005, the Superior Court discharged 33-year-old Takayuki Umeda and Japan Enterprises Corp., which does business as Club Micronesia, from any liability that they employed illegal aliens and exploited at least one minor who worked as exotic dancer.
