samuel A. Irbady [sAA - 2242)
cavid lt. tqair IDI,IM - 8883]

ABADY Li.,TTATI

iL\iSER

SAURBORN

666 Third Avenue, 29tln Floor
New York, New York 10017

& MAI.R., P.C.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COI'R.T
SOI.IIHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

96 Clv. 3393

MARY ANN OLSZSWSKT

(R.pp)

Pl-aintlf f ,
- agal::sc
BLOCMBERG

A}fBTDED COMPIJAI}IT

L. -D. and

BRYA-N LEWIS

(,.Tury

Trj-a'l

Oenranded)

DefenCants.

r, Mary -Ann Olszewski, by her at,Eorneys, - bad.y L,uEtaEi
Kaiser Saurborn & Mai=, P.C., as anC for her amenced conrpla:-nt
against Ehe d.er-enCanE,s, al-leges as f cll-cws :
PLainE,if

.]T,RISDTCTION, \TENUE AAd PARTTES

l.
At, ali cimes herein relevanE, plaint,iff was and is
a resiCenc of che Count.)r, Cit.y and StaE,e of New York.
2. -u-5:on informauion and belief , dE ai1 cinres herein
relevant, dereniant Floomberg L.P. ("Blocmberg") was a limitec
-oartnership cuiy establ j-sheo unCer the larvs oi the St,;it,e of
Delaware, wiEh crf:-ces, inEer alia, a;r t,he CounE,y, C!-t,y and SEat,e
of New York.
3.
I.r-pon inf ormacion anc belief , dE all E,imes herein
relevant,, Cef eniant, Bryan Lewis was and is a resid.enL, of New
Jersey, who workec ac Blocmberg's offices in E,he counE,y, city anc
SEace of New york.

 4- pursuanE to 2g U.S.C. S 1331, Ehis CourC has federal
question jurisdiction over Ehis accion, 3s a claim herein ari-ses
under 42 lJ.S.C. S2OO0(e), as amendeC, including buE, not limiE,ed, E,o,
che Civi). Right,s Act of L99L, and 42 U.S.C. 51988.
5. This act,ion was f iled wiE,hin nineEy days of
plalncif f 's receipc of a Nouice of Righc Eo Sue f rom t,he EcruaL
Employment,

opportrunicy Cornmission

6.

.

venue is properly laic in chis oistrict. pursuant to

28 lJ.S.C. 51391 (b) (2), in Ehat, a subscahE,ial par-u of Ehe evenE,s or

omissions giving rise to E,he claj-ms herein occurred. in Ehis
discrict.
BACSGROUND
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.

PIai ntif f was enqoloyec at, Bloomberg in iEs wew York

Cit,y of f ice f rom ApriJ- 5, 1993, unEal AugusE, 9 , !995, as a sales
represenE,at,ive 1n rt,s Tracing syst,ems sales Leam.
8. Throughout, Ehe perigc plaj-nc!-f f was enrplolred aE
Bloomberg, Cefencant Lewis also workei atr Bloomberg's New Yor.k CiE,y

office.
Pr:cr Eo Sept.ember L993, Lewis was employed as an
Applicacions Specralist,. From Sept,ernber l-993 onwards, Lewis was
em-oloyed as Ehe SaLes ManaEer of Ehe Trading SysEenxs sales Eeam.
9.
During t,he pe.ricd Lewis was Sales Manager of the
Trading SysEenns sales Eeam, he wai piaineif f 's d.irect manager and
concrolled Ehe Eerms and condicions of her employmenE,, including
buc noE l-imiE,eo E,o the work she was assigned and E,he performance
reviews she receiwed-

 PERVAST'\TESE)GIATJEARASS}IEN:T]\TBLOO}IBERG

10. AE, aII Cimes herein relevanc, BloomberE maintaineo
a hoseiLe environmenE of 5lerslsE,enE, sexuaL harassment, and E,he
general cegrad,acion of women, which was perrasive Ehroughout Ehe
cornpany.

11.

AE,

all

CimeS

herein relevanE, Bloomberg, Ehrough iEs

male managers and employees frcm Chief ExecuEive Officer MichaeL
Bloomberg on Cown, engageC in a patt,ern and pract'ice of sexual
harassment, and. sexual oegraCaEion

of wdmen. Upon informat,ion

and

belief, plaint.iff is but, one of many women employeo by Bloomberg
who has been vict,imized by Bloomberg and ies agenEs.
t2. For example, Michael Bloomberg regularly makes
se:<ua1 conunent,s about women t.o Bloomberg erployees and cllenE,s,
incLud.ing corrTnxenLs directed at female Bloomberg employees such as
'rrrd l-ike to Co thae piece of meat.'t
t-3. on one occasion, on learning ihaE, a :emale Blcomberg
erqgloyee haci become engaged., Michael Bloomberg asked her; 'tis he
thatr big ehac you need him every d'ay? "
t-4. On anog.her occasion, on learning EhaE Sekiko SakaiGarrison, a iemale Bloomberg. employee, was pregnanE, MiciraeJBloomberg t,oLc her Eo "ki11" Ehe fet.us, ES she was Ehe
sixEeenth woman in Ehe company E,o beccme pregnanE, aE, t,he time.
15. Bloomberg E.ook no 'sEeps Eo grevenE or curtail E,he
ongoing sexual harassmenE, of female ernployees by tqichael Blocmberg.

 BI,OOHBERG .I}ID IJE?TIS CREA.TED A S$(UAIJIJY EOSTIIJE WORKING
E}IVTRONI{EIT FOR PLAINTIFF AND OTEER PET{ALE BLOOI{BERG EN{I'LOYSES

1G. During her

errploymenE, aE Bloomberg,

plaincif f

was

of sexuaL harassmenE, by male employees
of Bloomberg, including, in particuJ-ar, defendant Lewis.
L7. fn ,June 1993, during a business t.rip Eo Chicago,
rllinois, Lewis quesLioneci plaintif: about Ehe Elpe of underwear
she wore, and speculat,ed E,hat she cic noc wear any underwear aE,
subjecEed

a1]

E,o

ouEraEeous acEs

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18. Duri-ng the same business erip, Lewis and. oeher
Bloomberg ern-oloyees Ealked in plaintif f t s presence abouE who amonq
t.hern would ,'geE laidr f irsE.
l-9. On ,june 11, 1993, dur:ng E,he same busi_ness t.rip,
Lewis raped plaint,if f
20 - Thereaf ter, in or abouc Sept.erber 1993, Bloomberg
appoinE,ed Lewis manager of the Trading S:r'sEens sales team. At Ehac
Eime he became plaiaciff's CirecE manager.
2L. In February 1,994, arter he became plaint j-f f 's
nEnager, Lewis asked, plainciff if she hao re',reaIe<r t,o anyone E,hat,
he haC raoed her in Chicago, and pressured plaj-nEiff not to reveal
.

Ehe evenE..

. From Novernber l-993 , unEil May 1995, Lewis
continually pressurei plaincrf f t,o.par:icipaee in sccial- gaeherings
and drinking wich him oucside Ehe office. This concucE occurred. an
averag:e of once a week EhroughouE, Eh€;beriod., and someEimes several
Eimes a week. Plaintiff repeatecily Ceclined, Ehese inviEatj-ons.
23 - rn Augustr L994, afLer a business meeEinE wich a
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 client, Lewis insist.ed. thaE plainclff Eo Eo a bar wiEh him, and
repeaEed.ly probed into her personal life.
24. From Ehe E,ime he became her manager, unEil May L995,
Lewis coneinualLy made crude jokes and oEher st,aE,emenE,s which
employeci words such as "fuck, " involved repeat,ec and nrlgar sexual
references, and. were cemeaning t,owards women. Lewis mace E,hese
jokes in cle ofij-ce, in Ehe presence of prainE,iff and oEhers on her
t.eam.

25. pl_aincif f reDeat,ecty tofa Lewis EhaE she found Ehe
jokes anc oE,her staE.emenEs offensive, and. askec him Eo stop. rn
response, Lewis e-xpressec his amusernent, thaE t,he conoucE, offended
plainciff, and ccnLinued iE,.
26. 3J-comberg, Lhrough Louis Eccleston, its oirector of
New Yorl< Sales Teams, who reported direcE,ly Eo Cso rqichaeL
tslcomberg, knew of Lewis's ofrensive jokes and. cther sE.atements,
buc Eook nc ac:ion Eo sEop Lewj-s's behavior.
27 - Cn several occasions in or abouc November Lgg4,
Lewi-s senE, a recuriL messaEe Eo plaint,iff 's beeper. When she caLled.
the Eelephcne nu:ricer lt Eurned ouE tc be Ehe number of a sex store
caLred Ehe "Pink pussycaE.. r' when plaint,iff confronEed, Lewis, and
coid him she oblecr-ed eo E,hls behavior, Lewis J.aughed, aE her.
28. cn one occasion, in or abouE May 199s, Lewis
disprayei a brcchure oi sex Eoys E,o plainEiff anc ot,hers cn her
E,eam, mace se-xua1J-y

e-rpJ-icit

plai-neif f and otrhers on

cornmenE,s

about, Lhe Eoys, and invit,ed.

to "Ery t,hem.,,
29 - From the Eime plaintif f was employed. at, Bloornberg,
E,he Eeam

 unt,il May 1995, Michael Bloomberg repeaLedly posicioned hj-mse'rf so
he couLo peer up plai-nE.i f r t s skj-rt or dress whenever plaincif f
stooped or bentr dcwn E,o pick someEhinE from Ehe floor, and when
prainciff reached up E,o pick someEhang from a shelf or cupboard..
DEFEIIDANTS DEIIIED PITAXN:IIFF JOB OPPORTT NITIES BECAUSE
OF EER REFUSAJ, TO SUCCUIA TO LEWIS I S ADVAIICES AIID
EER OB.'ECTIONS TO TEE SE)TUALLY EOSTILE EIWTRON},TEI T

. Def enCant,s wit,hheli, impoftant new work f rom
plaintiff, which woulC have furthereC lrer career, because of her
genier and her refusal E,o succumb E,o Lewis's sexual aovances and
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behavior.

3l-. Throughout irer employment at. Bloomberg, plaJ_nt,iff
performeC her jcb weiJ-, and Cefendants consiscently gave her gooci
performance reviews.

32- In April 1995, defeniants gave plaintiff a gooci
performance review, in which Lewis scaEed:
At,t.ituce is excell-ent,, nea./er any conplaints,
always does whaE is asked. In facc, tou come
up wiE,h creaE,ive ioeas anci t,ake
on
responslbilrt,y
f have receiveC calls
from cust,cmers have [sic] E,c tell_ me what an
exceLLenc job you have done in Eraining Ehem,
and how responsive you are Eo Eheir problems.
33 . Cne of t.he pri marv means t,o aovancemenE, anc
ir,creased compensaE,ion aE Bloomberg fcr sales represenEaEives such
as plaineiff was t,o become t,he accbunt represenEaEive for more ani
J-arger cLient accounE,s.
34. fn or about May. f995, Lewis Eold Ehe Trading SysEems
sales E,eam Ehac he was red,istribuEing E,he client account,s amongsE

 E,he Eeam mernlcers, because E,wo E.eam members

were leaving Ehe

E.eam.

35. pLainciff had assiscec in servicing many of Ehe
cl-ient, accounE,s, and these clients were pleased with her
performance.

36. in face, o[ cr abouE May 20, L996, peEer A-bramenko,
E,he head crader of paine weber'?s Medium Term Not,e Depart,ment,, one
of Ehe larg:esE acccunE,s E,o be disCribuEed, cont,act,eO Lewis ani
specif ical-Iy request.ed EhaE plaincif f be assigned, Eo ehe accoung.
37. On or abouE, May 23, 199e, Lewis hel-d. a meeE,ing of
E,he Traoing Syst,erns Eeam atr whj-ch he re-distribute<i all client
accounE,s.

38. lie assigneo only t,wo accounts to piainciff . This
represenEed ia= fewer client acccunes than hac been assigned Lo
plaintiff prior Eo E,he reCistribut,ion.
39. Lewis di-d ncc assign Ec plainciff E,he paine weber
Med.ium Term NcEe DeparErnenE, accountr.

. B1r contrasi,, Lewis assigneo t,he ot,her acccunL
reDresencaEii.res on the Eeam more E,han fifteen accounEs each.
d1 . Lewis ciiscrlminaEec againsE plaintiff
in his
assignmenE of ciienE accounEs because of plaintiffrs
refusai tc
succumb Eo i.ewis's sexuai advances and her objections anc,
complaincs abcuc his sexually harassing behavior.
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Br,oolrBERG I s RETATTATORY TERD{rNATrON

oF Pr,ArtrrxFF

- On or abouc May 25, L995, plainEifi
Lewis's behawicr Eo his manag'er, L,ouis EcclesE,on.
42

complained of

 . EcclesE,on refused Eo rec plainci-f f provide any
det,ails of Lewj-s,s concucE,, j-ncruding Lewis's rape of plaintiff
44. in .fune 1995, Bloomberg'agreed to pe::inic plaintiff
Eo Eake paid leave, and noE, report, Eo work unEil furEher noEice,
while Bloomberg inveseigaE,ed her claims.
45 . In ,Ju1y L995, Bloom*"erg denranded EhaE plaintif f
"reEurn E,o work" in Ehe same posicicn on Ehe Trading Systems sales
43

.

Eean.

46. PlainEiff advised Bloombbrg Ehat she ccu1d no longer
work for or wich Lewis, in Lrght of his rape and ocher offensive
and demeani-ng conduct Eowards her.

47. rn response, cn August. 9, i99s, BlocmberE terminateo
plainEiff ,s employment.
- Bloomberg Eerminatei plainclf f 's ernplorrmenL in
reLallaE:-on for her comprai-nts oi secual harassment,.
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COUMT

i

- ParagraDhs l- Ehrough 48 are inccrporaEed. herein wj-ch
the same fcrce and effecE as if pleadei separaeely.
50 - By reason Ehereof , i,ef endants have violat,ed, 42
u.s.c. s 2000 (e) , dS amended. by Ehe civir- nighrs Acr of 1991, and
have caused plaincif f E,o surrer d,amages, incJ-uding ioss of past and
fuEure earaings, ot,her eryloymenE, benef i.t.s, and, emoEional injuries.
49

courflr

rI

Paragraphs r Ehrough 4g are inccrporaceci herei-n wi Eh

 Ehe same force and effecE, as if pleadec separaE,el-y.

52. B], reascn Ehereof , def endanE,s have wiolaced New York
Execucive Law S296 (r) (a) , and have causec plaineiff Eo suffer
Camages, including loss of pastr and fuEure earnings, oE,her
en'rployment benef it,s and emoE,ional injuries.
couMr

rrr

53. Paragraphs 1 through 48 are incorporaueo herein wj.ch
Ehe same iorce and, efiecE as if pleaced, separaE,ely.
54. By reason t,hereof , deienoanEs have violared New York
Cit,y Administrative Code S 8-107 and S 8-502, et. S_*., and have
caused plaineiff to suffer damages, incluoing loss cf pase and
fuEure earnings, ot,her employmenE benefics and ennot,i.cnal ].nluraes.
coulIr Iv

55. Paragraphs i EhrouEh 48 are i::corporateq nerein wiEh
t,he same force and eifect as if pleaiei separat,ely.
55 . By Ehe:-r unconscionable anC out,rageous aceions,
iefenianE,s causeo anc int,enced to cause oLaint,iff t,o suffer severe
emocional dist,ress.
colnflr v

57. ParagraDhs t ehrcugh 48 are incorporaced herej-n wieh
E,he same force and effect, as if pleaced separaEely.
58. Upon informaEion and, belief, Bloomberg negligencly
hirec and,/or negligenEly supenrised. and,/or negligencly retained
9

 cert.ain employees, includj-ng def encianc Lewis,
plaintiff suffered damages.
,rgRY TRfAIJ

bY reason

of which

DEUANDED

59. PursuanE t,o Fed. R. Civ. P. 38 (b), pJ.aintif f
a jury t,rial on each and every issue in this act,icn.
WHEREFORE,
AS

plaintiff

demands

demands judgment against, CefendanEs

follows:

(i)

Count,, ac"ual oamages against, each
t,o be determined aE, trial,
in an amountj-ve
Camages against each
E,ogeEher with punie
iefenoant, in che amount of $300,000;
Cn her Second Count,, acEual damages against each
iefendant in che amounE of $5,000,000;
On her Third Count,, acEua1 d.arnages against, each
Cerenoant, in the amount, of $5,000,000, and puniEive
camages against eaci: def endant in E.he amounE of

On her i'irsi
CefendanE

(iii)

s5,000,000;

(iv)

(vi)

On her Fourth Ccunt, acEual oamages againsc each
cef endanE, i n t,he amounc, of $5, 000, 000, and. puniEive
camages againsc each deienCanc of.$300,000;

Cn her Fif Eh CounE,, acE,ual damages against
eef end.anE, Bloomberg in E,he amount, of $5,000,000;
jor attoraeys fees, cosE,s and disbursemenE,s; and

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 (vi!-)

for such furt,her and CifferenE, relief as Ehe Court,
just, and Proper.

deems
DAECd:

New York, New York
SepE,ember 20, l.996
ABADY LUTT.ITI I(AISER SAT'RBORN

MArR, P.C.

Samuel A Abady
Davi-d N. rqair
AE,t.orneys' for PLaint,iff
666 Thiro Avenue, 29ejr Floor
New

York,

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