Alana Bechiom alleges she had to quit after fired colleagues threatened her and arranged for her car to be vandalized
A California Taco Bell fired employees who engaged in a group sex act in plain view of other guests during a Christmas party at the restaurant last year, according to a lawsuit filed by the ex-employee who reported them.
The lawsuit also alleges that the employee who reported the incident at the holiday festivities – leading to her former co-workers’ dismissals – ended up being forced to quit her job after facing threats and getting her car window shattered by an associate of the terminated colleagues.
A message seeking comment about the allegations in the claims filed by Alana Bechiom in Los Angeles county superior court on 15 November was not immediately returned by the company that owns the franchised Taco Bell location in question.
Taco Bell’s public relations office said in a statement to the Guardian: “While we don’t own or manage this location, the franchisee who owns and operates this restaurant has shared that they take these claims very seriously.”
The allegations in Bechiom’s lawsuit are more salacious than what typically is found in civil court documents.
As she puts it, her supervisor at the Taco Bell where she was working invited her to a Christmas party at the chain establishment on 18 December 2022. Bechiom said she brought a bowl of guacamole to the gathering, which she was told would be a potluck-style buffet.
Bechiom said she arrived to...
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