Researcher sues LG over alleged hostile workplace, HR inaction
A former LG Electronics researcher says her boss asked what would "mentally break" her - then HR fell short when she reported it.
Summer Brashear filed suit against LG Electronics USA, Inc. on May 15, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, also naming two supervisors, Anthony Ogg and Eeseo Kwon. The complaint brings claims under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New Jersey Law Against Discrimination, covering gender discrimination, hostile work environment, retaliation and constructive discharge. The two supervisors are named on an aiding-and-abetting claim under state law.
Brashear joined LG as a UX Researcher in October 2024. According to the filing, the trouble began at the interview, where she alleges Ogg "stared at" her "body and chest in an inappropriate and uncomfortable manner." Within her first days on the job, she says he asked her what would "mentally break" her and repeatedly called her "childish" and "messy."
The filing says Ogg also spoke about a previous female employee who had complained about him, calling her, in Brashear's account, a "narcissistic bitch." Brashear says that comment made her afraid to report anything herself. Kwon, she alleges, reinforced that fear by saying she would not have reported issues involving Ogg because she did not want to be seen as unable to "handle the situation on her own."
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