Oregon man sues Google for sex discrimination

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Oregon man sues Google for sex discrimination

Today we filed a lawsuit on behalf of an Oregon man who says Google fired him because he complained of sexual harassment in the workplace.

Our client, Britt Storkson, says that while working at Google’s data center in Oregon, a manager at Google unzipped his pants in front of him when they were alone in a meeting room. While employed at Google, Storkson says he witnessed sex toys, graphic sexual discussions, and drunkenness in the workplace. Google fired him shortly after he filed a formal complaint about what he believed to be illegal sexual harassment. Before filing this lawsuit, Storkson took a polygraph test from a retired Oregon State Police examiner. The results concluded that Storkson was being truthful about his allegations. Storkson says the day before he was fired, Google human resources told him that one of his complaints was not credible for the sole reason that the offender was “straight”.

“Our first priority is getting our client his job back,” says attorney Michael Fuller, whose firm represents Storkson. “Google needs to be held to the same standards when it comes to sexual harassment, whether the victim is a man or a woman. Google has a history of tolerance for everything except when it comes to straight men.”