Ernst & Young Accused of Failing to Act on Groping Complaint
- Tax divison partner filed complaint about incident with EEOC
- Casucci says was told to ‘trust the firm’ by human resources
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A partner in Ernst & Young Global Limited’s tax division says she was sexually harassed by colleagues, including one who groped her in front of other employees at the Walt Disney World Resort.
Jessica Casucci was at a dueling piano restaurant called Jellyrolls at the resort in June 2015 when another partner, John Martinkat, "groped and squeezed Ms. Casucci’s rear end with both hands," "grabbed and aggressively squeezed her breasts," and then propositioned her, according to a complaint filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and obtained by Bloomberg. The outing was during an Ernst & Young conference in Orlando, Florida, she said.