Too Sexy for his Job? Lawsuit says Boss-Lady Looking for Love, not getting any…

December 3rd, 2014. By LucyC

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I’m too sexy for my job, too sexy for my boss, too sexy for my … gosh! I’ve been fired! Wait just a cotton pickin’ moment here! And no, this is not about Bill Cosby or Jian Ghomeshi. This, my friends, is the tale of a middle-aged mechanic from Long Island (species description) who recently lost his job for refusing to date his boss. Fifty-three year old Robert Inchierchiro, who is described by the New York Post as being a balding, paunchy former school mechanic, has become a bit of a sensation, having filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Nassau BOCES, a vocational school where he says he was fired for rejecting the advances of his married supervisor, Lisa Rice.

According to Inchierchiro’s complaint, he was also bullied by two now former bosses for rejecting his Rice’s entreaties. And, they even visited the workplace of his girlfriend—one “Vanessa”—who shall remain unidentified. Apparently, Inchierchiro began dating Vanessa while working at the school. Rice had been his supervisor for about a year at that point. Um. Unrequited workplace infatuation? Among other things, I’m thinking.

The trouble apparently started in August this year, when 50-year old Lisa Rice bought Inchierchiro a ticket for a “work-related” cruise. The caveat? No girlfriends allowed, at least not on her dime. If Vanessa wanted to go, she’d have to buy her own ticket, the lawsuit states. Rice apparently also asked Inchierchiro to drive her to the event, which implied she saw the outing as a “date”.

“Bob, uncomfortable with . . . Lisa’s jealousy of Vanessa . . . told Lisa that he would have to get back to her,” the filing states.

On the day of the cruise, Rice told Inchierchiro she was sick and would not be going to the event, so he asked a buddy to accompany him—good idea. Or not. Ah, not. This guy couldn’t win for losing. When he was on the cruise, Rice showed up at his home all dressed and ready to rock. According to the complaint, she “asked Vanessa if Bob was ready to go to the cruise.” When she was told that Bob had gone with a friend, Rice allegedly called Inchierchiro, in front of Vanessa, saying: “How could you do this to me? You know I got all dolled up! Why would you go without me?” Really, where shall we start?

The following Monday Inchierchiro was confronted by his 57-year old supervisor Lori Rowcroft, for going on the cruise with his friend instead of Rice. The lawsuit states that Rowcroft demanded he apologize to Rice. Still with me? (I don’t think any guy could make this up—it’s way too complicated).

The lawsuit states that when Inchierchiro called to apologize, Rice cried, “I can’t believe you’d do this. How dare you!” From that point on, Inchierchiro alleges Rice excluded him from events and told the  superintendent that he had damaged a new GPS system, for which Inchierchiro was placed on paid leave.

Last month, Inchierchiro complained to another supervisor, days later he was fired, the lawsuit states.

“My client was courageous to stand up to sexual harassment in the workplace,” said Inchierchiro’s lawyer, David Rosenberg. “We are seeing more female-on-male sexual harassment in the workplace.”  Bring on the HRT, I say. This reads like a daytime soap.

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