Anaheim Geese Sued By Former Worker Over ‘Frat Home’ Setting

An ex-employee is suing the Anaheim Geese, claiming she handled sexual harassment and different misconduct in a “frat home boys membership setting” — and was then allegedly silenced for exposing it.

Rose Harris, who labored within the Geese’ IT division, filed a lawsuit Tuesday in opposition to the crew, the NHL, and the crew’s dad or mum firm, OC Sports activities & Leisure, within the Southern District of New York … accusing them of colluding to blacklist, defame, and retaliate in opposition to her.

Within the go well with, Harris claims she skilled every little thing from nonconsensual touching to being subjected to obscene pornography on a colleague’s work pc. She additionally says she was on the receiving finish of sexist feedback, the place she claims she (and different ladies) had been accused of dressing like “whores.”

Harris, who was employed in July 2022, claims she was sexually harassed all through the 2022-2023 season, however did not really feel like she might converse out out of concern of retaliation till a colleague of hers got here ahead with harassment allegations of their very own.

She spoke out, ultimately saying the group’s Human Assets vice chairman advised her … “If you wish to additional your profession inside hockey operations, you must take into account trying elsewhere.”

Harris resigned on the finish of 2024 and went to work for the NHL’s league workplace in New York, however issues did not precisely go easily.

She says when the NHL’s head of HR discovered of her whistleblowing on the Geese, the league exec falsely accused Harris of hacking her e-mail, after which allegedly fired her for the act, which she’s adamant she did not commit.