A flight attendant is suing prominent real estate developer A. Alfred Taubman, claiming he fondled her, tried to rip off her clothing during flights and told her she ruined her life when she got pregnant and should have gotten an abortion, according to a Detroit News story by Christine Ferretti and George Hunter.
Nicole D. Rock, in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Detroit's federal court, is seeking $29 million in damages on claims Taubman sexually discriminated, harassed and wrongfully terminated her after six years of employment with the Bloomfield Hills resident's airline company.
Rock, who began working for Taubman's company as a flight attendant in March 2005, alleges her civil rights were violated by the Taubman Air Terminals, Inc., CEO and president during the course of her employment because she was "forced to endure horrific illegal acts by defendants of a graphic and sexually harassing nature."
