Quote Originally Posted by paulwoods13 View Post
OK, so if you had a job you loved, and someone sexually harassed you, you would be fine with giving up the job rather than expecting your employer to put a stop to the harassment? The victim should get doubly victimized while the perpetrator gets to carry on?
No, of course not. I just re-read what you'd posted and it still seemed to me like you were implying that the purpose of this suit was so that the Accused could keep their job.
I mistook what you'd meant.

If I were to suppose what the purpose of the suit is, I'd say that it doesn't seem like money is the goal since the amount is a trifling. So I think that it's more likely to make a point of some sort. Under this presumption, had any real threats been made, I doubt the Accuser would have hesitated to contact (or had their representatives contact) Toronto Police Services. Because of that, I'm taking any allegations of physical safety in the workplace with a (big) grain of salt.



Quote Originally Posted by paulwoods13 View Post
And for the record, since it apparently needs to be said, I don't know anything about what actually happened before this suit was filed. There might be many wronged parties, there might be many parties in the wrong, there might be no wronged parties, or no one in the wrong. But some of the stuff I'm reading here seems to suggest that the complainant should have found another way to resolve whatever issues she had rather than file a lawsuit. Maybe she tried other approaches, maybe she didn't. Like all of us, she is entitled to seek a remedy through the courts if she feels it's the best way to proceed. The court will make a determination, if it ever gets to the stage of an actual trial.
I've never suggested that the Accuser not file a suit (if that's how you take my posts, not saying that you do).

Only that They could have accomplished their goal of a settlement by engaging their legal representative to contact MLSE/Argo legal. There is a 0% chance that an approach of this nature (and the likelihood of a public relations catastrophe) would be ignored.

So if it is likely that they could have gotten an easy settlement of the amount they are suing for (which I'm saying it is), then going to the Media first makes me raise an eyebrow.