The whistleblower who filed a discrimination lawsuit against Bardstown Bourbon Co. last month is fighting the distiller’s move to strike the complaint from the public record.
Sylvia Sanders, Bardstown Bourbon’s former vice president of human resources, said in her latest filing that the allegations in the complaint against various people, including some who are not being sued, “are the core of the case.”
Bardstown Bourbon is not seeking to have the case dismissed, but argues some pieces of the lawsuit should not have been included. The motion is scheduled to be heard in Nelson Circuit Court on March 18 at 9 a.m.
Sanders alleges she was fired in 2024 after reporting a pattern of discrimination “in order to attempt to cover up the egregious misconduct, illegal activities, and boorish behavior on the part of the Defendants.”
On Feb. 13, she sued Bardstown Bourbon Company, parent Lofted Spirits, Lofted CEO Mark Erwin, BBC president Peter Marino, Pritzker Private Capital Investment Partners and PPC operating partner Christian Brickman, accusing them of gender discrimination and retaliation.
Bardstown Bourbon disputes the allegations and has said they “believe these claims are without merit.”
Bardstown Bourbon filed its motion to strike the complaint earlier this month, alleging Sanders was bound by a confidentiality agreement from her role as head of human resources. The company said Sanders’ filing improperly included “gratuitous allegations ... designed in this way to...
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