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Lawsuit: Woman fired for being too pretty
upi ^ | June 3, 2010

Posted on 06/03/2010 11:35:56 AM PDT by JoeProBono

NEW YORK,- A New York woman's lawsuit against Citigroup says she was fired because bosses deemed her feminine beauty to be a distraction for male colleagues.

Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, said in her city Supreme Court lawsuit that she was ordered not to wear turtlenecks, pencil skirts, fitted suits or heels in the workplace because the tight clothing made her body "too distracting" for male coworkers, the New York Daily News reported Thursday.

"Never did I ever show cleavage," Lorenzana said. "I like fashion, but I always dressed professionally."

"I can't help it that I have curves," she said. "And I'm not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else."

The woman's attorney, Jack Tuckner of Tuckner Sipser Weinstock & Sipser, said bosses at Citi's Rockefeller Center branch moved Lorenzana to a secluded part of the office as retaliation for her sexual harassment complaints and fired her one month later.

"All it came down to was, 'We don't want to deal with you, because you're just too good looking,'" Tuckner said.

Citigroup released a statement describing the lawsuit as "without merit."

"Citi is committed to fostering a culture of inclusion and providing a respectful environment in the workplace," the statement said.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: citigroup; debrahleelorenzana; lawsuit
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To: Vermont Lt

Smart move.

Woman gets fired. Realizes it is a tough market. Wants to either move into modeling or sideline as a model or wants to find a rich sugar daddy / husband.

Files a suit that she may or may not win. Slips to the press something that is so outrageous that it is sure to get attention. Add in some semi model shots and she is sure to get another job offer or modeling work or hubby.


61 posted on 06/03/2010 12:27:50 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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To: JoeProBono

Sir, I see that you have a roll of quarters to deposit....


62 posted on 06/03/2010 12:28:44 PM PDT by paterfamilias
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To: jimbo123
Citibank

whats in your wallet???


63 posted on 06/03/2010 12:30:25 PM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Fawn

Not based on the statements. What idiot would tell a woman that you cannot work up front because you are distracting the men.

They should have just handed her the key to the vault right then.

Men do say stupid things around pretty girls.


64 posted on 06/03/2010 12:31:58 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: jimbo123

“I don’t think the point is to marry her...”

Which shows that you don’t belong the group of men I was warning ...;-)


65 posted on 06/03/2010 12:48:17 PM PDT by achilles2000 (Shouting "fire" in a burning building is doing everyone a favor...whether they like it or not)
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To: jimbo123
Our female office manager used to hire assistants who, I could swear, were graded on how low they were on the 1-10 scale as well as below 100 on the Intelligence Quotient. Once I had the responsibility for hiring someone in my area, I hired the most intelligent and qualified person I could find. It didn't hurt that she was a real looker in her mid twenties with “naturals” that could rival Dolly Parton. I'm sure some had the impression that she was hired because of her body, but after they saw the type of work she produced, she convinced them otherwise.

Perhaps it was good that everyone had separate offices or we could have spent the entire day staring at her.

66 posted on 06/03/2010 12:52:08 PM PDT by DeFault User
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To: Vermont Lt
What idiot would tell a woman that you cannot work up front because you are distracting the men.

My boss, who fired me from my first job when I was 21, with those exact words.

67 posted on 06/03/2010 12:54:46 PM PDT by WVNan
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To: DeFault User

For my first real job out of college, the hiring director (a 45 year old guy) would only hire highly attractive women right out of school. He wouldn’t hire guys.

I was lucky because the guy was on vacation on the day of my interview so I was given my job offer by another manager, a woman.

On my first day of work, I found out there were 18 hot women and only 2 guys (including me) that were hired as recent college grads.

Not a bad workplace environment.

The girls weren’t the smartest or hardest-working people I ever met, but that wasn’t a major problem.


68 posted on 06/03/2010 1:01:36 PM PDT by jimbo123
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To: subterfuge

Hey just going by the picture she’s putting out there. Men are so easily distracted by a set of hooters.hahahahaha


69 posted on 06/03/2010 1:07:17 PM PDT by linn37 ( "The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other peoples money.)
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To: taxcontrol
Files a suit that she may or may not win.

It's actually a very smart move for her to file this lawsuit for the publicity alone.

70 posted on 06/03/2010 1:08:52 PM PDT by wideminded
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To: swarthyguy

“Bet more complaints came from jealous harpies than men.”

That was my first thought. Women in the workplace are brutal to each other. It’s good to be retired!


71 posted on 06/03/2010 1:09:01 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Every time a liberal whines, an angel gets his wings.)
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To: linn37

she never showed cleavage... so no hanging out possible. she prefers turtle necks and pencil skirts ( yes please!! )

they moved her to a secluded area due to the sexual harassment complaints she had filed. (reading comprehension FTW!)

what they should have done is fired the ones doing the harassing... but i figure they figured losing 1 would impact the business less than losing 10.

judgement: NOT GUILTY!
sentence : 50 years with sten. bailiff .. bring the defendant to florida... pleeease

... ok ok... that might be considered cruel and unusual punishment ;)


72 posted on 06/03/2010 1:28:09 PM PDT by sten
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To: WVNan

I am sorry to hear that. I hope you did something, anything about it.

I used to train my staff over, and over, and over about the stupid things that people did.

I have been guilty of saying some dumb things (they made sense to me....) but nothing like that.

I cringe thinking my daughter will have to put up with that crap.


73 posted on 06/03/2010 1:52:17 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: Vermont Lt
she was ordered not to wear turtlenecks,

WTF? Turtlenecks are now too sexy?

74 posted on 06/03/2010 4:44:24 PM PDT by DejaJude (Calling illegal aliens "migrants" is like calling shoplifters "customers". (stolen tagline)
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To: Jedidah
She looks like a slut.

Did you see a picture from the article? I didn't see one. I'd like to see exactly what she was wearing that distracted others. If you have a link to her attire, I'd like to see it.

75 posted on 06/03/2010 4:50:52 PM PDT by DejaJude (Calling illegal aliens "migrants" is like calling shoplifters "customers". (stolen tagline)
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To: DejaJude

http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-06-01/news/is-this-woman-too-hot-to-work-in-a-bank/1

This is apparently the article, with pictures for which she posed, that started the discussion.

It sounds like she didn’t dress professionally and, apparently after ignoring warnings, was fired. Now she’s pursuing notoriety to make a buck.


76 posted on 06/03/2010 8:14:49 PM PDT by Jedidah
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To: Jedidah
It sounds like she didn’t dress professionally and, apparently after ignoring warnings, was fired. Now she’s pursuing notoriety to make a buck.

Thank you for the link. While her pics seem tame for Hollywood, and not so much slutty as wrong for the work place, I can see your point. If her true calling was to be a clown and she showed up at work in face paint and a fake squirting flower on her lapel, I would fire her too. She obviously is in the wrong profession.

77 posted on 06/04/2010 5:43:16 PM PDT by DejaJude (Calling illegal aliens "migrants" is like calling shoplifters "customers". (stolen tagline)
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To: DejaJude

So where did the photos come from? Do Normal employees each have such photos? Who took these and they’re all too convenient for each side to have...very much appear to be staged. I predict Playboy is next.


78 posted on 06/04/2010 5:52:15 PM PDT by CincyRichieRich (Keep your head up and keep moving forward!)
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