Ari Wilkenfeld, who represents Sales, told
@Law360 that the country's civil rights laws were built to protect those who oppose discrimination. "Lisa Sales should be commended for standing up and opposing
#genderdiscrimination and
#violenceagainstwomen, but instead Booz Allen Hamilton fired her for it," Wilkenfeld said. "Lisa looks forward to being vindicated in a court of law, and will continue to help other
#survivors so they won't have to suffer in silence."
"She won multiple awards at the firm and received positive feedback about her work," Sales said. But after she was interviewed by a journalist about a
#sexualassault she experienced in 2011, things went south.
In May 2021,
@YahooNews published an article detailing Sales' conflict with a man to whom she rented a room out of her house. She said in the article that she suspected the man's father was a Russian
@CIA spy who passed information to the government for years before relocating to the United States. Sales recounted the man sexually and physically assaulted her...and went on to criticize the
#CIA for possibly harboring criminals through its spy resettlement program.
A few months after the article was published, she was fired from
#BoozAllen after she was "ambushed" with questions about the piece in a meeting with human resources. Ms. Sales said Booz Allen terminated her for sharing her sexual assault publicly,
#retaliation that was also informed by her previous complaints about
#gender #inequality at the firm.
In 2016, she said she reviewed documents which showed that men at Booz Allen who worked in the firm's defense and intelligence group were often paid more than women who were doing the same jobs with equal experience. When she joined a new, all-male team in 2017, Sales said she overheard sexist comments and that her male colleagues referred to her as "
#BoobsAllen" while subjecting her to other forms of
#harassment.
In May 2017, Sales said she filed a formal complaint with the firm about the conduct she experienced on the team. But when she followed up on the report with human resources, she was told her concerns had "fell through the cracks," according to the suit. Sales said she was later told her claims were not substantiated."
Wilkenfeld represented the
#victim in the Matt Lauer case.
#SpeakOut #SAPRO #SAPR #sexualharassment #EqualPay #PayInequity @michaelwhudson @ICIJorg @AlanLeschtLaw @NewYorker @NewsHour @PatrickWilson @charlottewords @patrickmwilson @ByChrisCoates @JackieDeFuscoTV @politico @ErinBanco @KimZetter @GretchenCarlson @sorrynotsorry @Alyssa_Milano @mbaram @ScottShaneNYT @amydiehl @CarrieNBaker @eraprojectcls @SmithMullin @nancyerikasmith @Maya__Salam @jodikantor @thelilynews @19thnews @jessicabennett @columbiajourn @JulieCareyNBC @AlisonFrankel @NationalNOW @BusinessInsider @NicoleEinbinder @dakincampbell @capitalandmain @JaneMayerNYer @typeinvestigate @thenation @DeptofDefense @WhiteHouseGPC
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