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| Amy Erin Blakely |
A woman executive is suing her former employer for gender discrimination. Amy Erin Blakely is alleging she was fired due to her large chest size and has hired attorney and media hound Gloria Allred to represent her.
Blakely was told to hide her large breasts because they were distracting to other employees.
Blakely hired attorney Gloria Allred and has filed a lawsuit against her former employer, the Devereux Foundation, the country's largest not-for-profit provider of children's mental health services.
Blakely said, “’I am a highly competent professional woman and I asked only to be judged on my merit. Instead, I seemed to be judged on my looks and the size of my breasts.”
"No woman should ever be subjected to such sexist and derogatory remarks," said Amy-Erin Blakely.
The Florida resident worked for Devereux for about 13 years and said she was promoted more than a dozen times, but she said the remarks began in 2003 when she was promoted to assistant executive director of operations at the Florida office.
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The former executive said she endured six years of harassing remarks about the size of her breasts, so she filed two internal grievances with the company but instead of receiving help,
she was terminated the next day.
Blakely's suit is similar to one filed earlier this year by Citibank employee Debrahlee Lorenzana.
The 33-year-old banker also alleged she was told her looks were too distracting to male coworkers.
The Devereux Foundation however, has dismissed her claims saying, “We have not received the formal complaint, which has apparently just been filed with the court today.
Ms Allred has, however, shared details of the allegations and we can tell you that they are purposefully inflammatory, and either spurious or twisted in content and context.”
Robert Kreider, President and CEO of Devereux Florida, responded by saying: “(The allegations) are purposefully inflammatory, and either spurious or twisted in content and context.”
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