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Former Mets exec claims in suit she was fired for having baby out of wedlock
Newsday ^ | September 10, 2014 | JOHN RILEY

Posted on 09/10/2014 3:30:10 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement

A former senior executive for the New York Mets charged that she was "humiliated" and eventually fired by chief operating officer Jeff Wilpon for having a baby out of wedlock in a new lawsuit filed in Brooklyn federal court on Wednesday.

Leigh Castergine, who earned a six-figure salary as head of Mets Ticket Sales and Service Operations from 2010 to 2014, said that in one executive meeting she attended Wilpon brought up her pregnancy in a discussion of e-cigarette ads.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsday.com ...


TOPICS: Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: baseball; castergine; lawsuit; mets
Those Amazin' Mets.
1 posted on 09/10/2014 3:30:11 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: ConservativeStatement

She had a baby in a new lawsuit? I always put on clothes I didn’t care about when it was time to deliver.


2 posted on 09/10/2014 3:33:01 PM PDT by Tax-chick (No power in the 'verse can stop me.)
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To: Tax-chick; ConservativeStatement

The baby was born wearing a lawsuit?
Is that like powered armor, a chainsaw suit, or some similar bizarre attire?


3 posted on 09/10/2014 3:48:45 PM PDT by Darksheare (Try my coffee! First one's free..... Even robots will kill for it!)
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To: ConservativeStatement

“Castergine was fired on Aug. 26, three minutes after her lawyer sent an email to the team claiming that she was being discriminated against, the lawsuit said.”

To lazy to write a letter?


4 posted on 09/10/2014 3:51:12 PM PDT by TexasGator
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To: ConservativeStatement

I was going to ask why she wasn’t married, but the answer (free milk/cow) is obvious. But this Wilpon idiot went about it wrong and opened his organization to all kinds of liability.


5 posted on 09/10/2014 3:52:14 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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I bet there is more to the story than this. But if she was really terminated due to unwed pregnancy, she has a very strong case. Look for a big dollar settlement for the Mets to make this go away.


6 posted on 09/10/2014 3:58:40 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: ConservativeStatement

Wow...if the article is correct...Mets COO Whipon...is going to lose big and cost him a boatload of cash...

I wonder how many Met players had a baby out of wedlock...?

Did he call them immoral or harassed them...?


7 posted on 09/10/2014 4:00:24 PM PDT by Popman (Jesus Christ Alone: My Cornerstone...)
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To: ConservativeStatement

One could argue that if she was subject to some kind of “morality” clause such a dismissal would be justified.


8 posted on 09/10/2014 4:21:17 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Islamopobia:The Irrational Fear Of Being Beheaded)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Get women out of the workplace.


9 posted on 09/10/2014 4:26:03 PM PDT by Rodamala
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To: ConservativeStatement
Castergine's lawsuit says Wilpon also made fun of her by pretending to look for an engagement ring on her finger at meetings, and trashed her to colleagues by saying that "people would respect her more if she was married."

If true, this lawsuit will be settled out of court for an "undisclosed sum".

10 posted on 09/10/2014 4:57:46 PM PDT by Michael.SF. (It takes a gun to feed a villageh)
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11 posted on 09/10/2014 5:09:14 PM PDT by moovova
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To: ConservativeStatement

12 posted on 09/10/2014 5:15:41 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dilbert San Diego

This could be the best thing to ever happen to the franchise in years. Anything that could hasten Fred and Jeff toward the exits can only be positive for the team.


13 posted on 09/10/2014 5:18:28 PM PDT by gusty
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To: Dilbert San Diego

This could be the best thing to ever happen to the franchise in years. Anything that could hasten Fred and Jeff toward the exits can only be positive for the team.


14 posted on 09/10/2014 5:18:29 PM PDT by gusty
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To: dfwgator

That is none other than Ed Kranepool. The best .240 hitter in the history of the game.


15 posted on 09/10/2014 5:20:46 PM PDT by gusty
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To: gusty

“Ed Kranepool - Borrow Chico’s soap and never give it back.”


16 posted on 09/10/2014 5:24:13 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: PLMerite; Lazmataz

I’d nail it, but the only person I would tell is Laz....wha....what the hell?!? Did I just say that out loud?!?


17 posted on 09/10/2014 5:28:48 PM PDT by SgtBob (Freedom is not for the faint of heart. Semper Fi!)
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