{"id":21899,"date":"2014-09-12T18:58:12","date_gmt":"2014-09-12T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=21899"},"modified":"2014-09-13T18:35:18","modified_gmt":"2014-09-13T22:35:18","slug":"bombshell-lawsuit-mets-fired-pregnant-unmarried-executive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sidebarforplaintiffs.naomifein.net\/?p=21899","title":{"rendered":"“Bombshell lawsuit”: Mets fired pregnant, unmarried executive"},"content":{"rendered":"

True, we can’t know the full story until it’s told. In court. But boy does this read badly: Mets co-owner Jeff Wilpon accused of discrimination against pregnant, unmarried former executive in bombshell lawsuit – NY Daily News<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A woman who was once a top executive in the Mets front office has filed a blockbuster lawsuit accusing team co-owner Jeff Wilpon of discriminating against her because she was pregnant without being married.<\/em><\/p>\n

Leigh Castergine, who was the first woman to hold the title of senior vice president for ticket sales for the team, says she was rewarded with more than $200,000 in raises and bonuses, but her career went belly-up when she became preggers last year, according to the suit filed Wednesday in Brooklyn Federal Court.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cFrom the time Castergine announced her pregnancy in September 2013 . . . Wilpon began to humiliate Castergine and disparage her in front of colleagues,\u201d the suit alleges.<\/em><\/p>\n

It almost seems as if baseball is jealous of all the attention football is getting for the mistreatment of women. So who’s going to win this perverse Super Bowl?<\/p>\n

UPDATE 9\/13\/14. The NYT has weighed in on this story, with a different POV: The Mets Face a Vista of Empty Seats and a Lawsuit Charged With Criticism – NYTimes.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

True, we can’t know the full story until it’s told. In court. But boy does this read badly: Mets co-owner Jeff Wilpon accused of discrimination against pregnant, unmarried former executive in bombshell lawsuit – NY Daily News. A woman who … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[337],"tags":[60,37,438,707,659],"class_list":["post-21899","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","tag-employment-lawsuits","tag-sexual-discrimination","tag-sexual-harassment-lawsuits","tag-workplace-discrmination","tag-workplace-harassment"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t