NYC Lesbian Chef Owed $1.6M for Harassment
Restaurant owner failed with “religious liberty” arguments in this case.
The defendants operate a chain of Mexican restaurants in New York called Mary Ann’s. The conduct at issue occurred between 2004 and 2007. It is unclear who owns Mary Ann’s today.
Salemi complained that Globokar held weekly prayer meetings that were essentially mandatory because the restaurant staff feared they would lose their jobs if they did not attend.
At these meetings, Globokar would repeatedly call homosexuality a sin, and say that “gay people” were “going to go to hell.”
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