HR allegedly told her the behavior wasn't harassment — then asked when she'd resign
A former employee is suing Breakthru Beverage Nevada, alleging the company's HR team brushed off her harassment reports, left her accused supervisor in charge, and pushed her toward resigning.
The suit, filed on April 9, 2026, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada (Boccia v. Breakthru Beverage Nevada, LLC, Case No. 3:26-cv-00254), lays out a series of allegations that read like a case study in how not to handle a workplace harassment complaint.
Gianna Boccia says she held a non-managerial role at Breakthru Beverage's Spanish Springs, Nevada facility from around July 1, 2024 to February 18, 2025. She alleges her supervisor, Ryan Sanders, made unwelcome remarks about her appearance, told her they should be married, described his sexual activities with other women, and called her as many as four or five times a day while she was off the clock to discuss personal matters. She also alleges he followed her and showed up around her so often, without any work-related reason, that she believed he was stalking her.
What happened after she spoke up, though, is where the case gets especially relevant for HR professionals.
Boccia says she reported the conduct to HR employee Jennifer Heinz and Sales Manager Kevin Prentic. According to the suit, the company did not carry out a fair or thorough investigation. Sanders, she alleges, was left in place as her direct supervisor — and then began...
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