Former Giants, Dodgers star allegedly exposed 'unwanted images of himself' to employees
Kenny Lofton, a former Major League Baseball player with stints on both the San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers, has been accused of exposing a female employee to explicit pictures of his body and fired another employee for filing a complaint regarding the incident, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Brandyn Toney, who worked as a chief creative officer for Centerblock Asset, an investment firm that Lofton co-owns, filed the lawsuit against Lofton and the company after a female employee claimed she was exposed to images of Lofton’s private area, the report revealed.
Dismissal over reporting alleged sexual misconduct
The lawsuit involves a female employee who was tasked to monitor Lofton’s social media account, specifically Instagram, as part of her job with the company.
According to the LA Times, the complaint stated that in February 2022, the said employee reported to the company’s attorney that she saw explicit images that Lofton allegedly sent in private messages to several women on the said platform.
Toney only learned about the situation in June of the same year and consequently informed the attorney regarding the alleged sexual misconduct. Yet, two hours after notifying the attorney, Toney was fired from his work, the news outlet reported citing the complaint.
Aside from Toney’s dismissal, LA Times said that the company further debilitated its former chief creative officer...
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