Posted on 03/27/2007 5:13:57 PM PDT by Graybeard58
The director of a museum where "The Stepford Wives" was filmed is alleging that her gay colleagues created a hostile work environment, including one who poked her in the eye and another who showed her graphic pictures from a gay Web site.
Marjorie St. Aubyn, executive director of the Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum in Norwalk, says the incidents were part of a campaign to force her to resign. She also said her car was vandalized and she was threatened with poisoning.
St. Aubyn filed a discrimination complaint last month. The museum's board voted this month not to renew her contract, which ends Saturday.
"What appears to have happened is that once my client had some problems with one of the gay members of the staff, they all took umbrage at it," Craig Dickinson, St. Aubyn's attorney, said Monday. "It got very ugly."
Christopher Cooke, chairman of the museum's board of directors, denied the allegations.
Cooke said the decision not to renew St. Aubyn's contract was not related to her discrimination complaint. He declined to say how he voted, but said the decision apparently stemmed from St. Aubyn's lack of experience as a curator at a time when the museum plans renovations.
St. Aubyn, a heterosexual who became executive director of the 62-room Victorian mansion in 2001, filed a complaint with the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities alleging age, gender and "sexual preference" discrimination.
St. Aubyn, 60, says she did a good job, attracting "The Stepford Wives" and other projects to film at the site.
and boost its revenue. The "Stepford Wives" remake, starring Nicole Kidman, was filmed partly at the mansion in 2003.
But she says the museum took no action after one colleague showed her the graphic photos and the other assaulted her by poking her in the eye with his finger.
Telephone messages were left for her colleagues.
St. Aubyn accused Cooke of threatening to fire her if she did not withdraw the assault charges.
Cooke said St. Aubyn filed a police report three months after the alleged assault. He said the case apparently was dismissed, but Dickinson says it's pending.
"I did not interfere with any prosecution," Cooke said. "That's an absolute lie."
Dickinson said his client is seeking compensation. He said he believes the complaint played a role in the board's decision not to retain her.
Ping.
Sue forever. Put that stinking museum and the scum who work there out of business.
In nyc I worked with many gay people (it's impossible not to, as the gay presence in nyc grows larger every year). Of those folks, I would say that about 90% were just awful, rotten people to work with.
To be fair, about 90% of everyone I worked with were just awful, rotten people to work with.
That's the law biz for you.
Were you an awful rotten person to work with?
I could be at times.
No, I wasn't on balance.
It is good to see the sexual harassment laws do apply to the only gender protected sexual perverts in the country
Coming to an office near you, if it's not there already!
dammed queers
So, all of a sudden a trial lawyer's allegations are gospel?
Personally, I take all claims of discrimination by fired workers with a grain or two of salt.
And don't you forget it, or I'll SCRATCH YORU EYES OUT!!!
The gays were pissed off
she wore aqua nail polish
with scarlet lipstick . . .
To the point!
"That's the law biz for you."
I was gonna attribute it to NYC.
Between the two sides (muzzies and faggies), there isn't much to choose.
Both demand total acquiescence to their ways.
That's for sure. If you look deep enough, there's usually plenty of blame on both sides.
In any event, it's always fun to watch a bunch of gays and homophobes throwing a hissy fit. They both hate each other's guts!
How many people work in this library.?
She says her gay colleagues harrassed her. Now we all know from a previous post that only 2% of the population is queer. She speaks of collegues that indicates at least two maybe more. Are there really 100 people working in this library? The story leads me to believe that there are more than two fruits here harrassing her. Could the 2% statistc be wrong or does Norwalk Conn. have more than their fair share of perverts.
"What appears to have happened is that once my client had some problems with one of the gay members of the staff, they all took umbrage at it," Craig Dickinson, St. Aubyn's attorney, said Monday. "It got very ugly."
*faints*
So, are you saying that the workplace is always right? Lawyers representing management would love to pack their juries with people of your mindset.
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