A former restaurant manager has filed a lawsuit, claiming she was fired for what she saw other managers doing in the facility’s banquet room one night.
Deborah Smith was manager of the restaurant at the Hilton Minneapolis. In her lawsuit, Smith alleges that one night she walked into the banquet room to find the hotel’s upper management having an orgy.
She claims that, after complaining about the orgy, “a campaign of harassment and retaliation ensued against her,” according to the Pioneer Press.
The suit states that, as the night manager of SkyWater restaurant, Smith was praised for her performance, received raises and trained other employees.
But on the night she allegedly found the orgy, the suit claims the hotel’s beverage manager told her “she would be fired, and he would make sure of it.”
Smith says she complained to HR but didn’t get any help.
Smith is accusing the hotel of sex discrimination and sexual harassment. She also claims she was retaliated against because she complained.
The suit doesn’t name a dollar figure, but says Smith lost in excess of $50,000 and is seeking punitive damages as well.
