Moët Hennessy, the beverage arm of luxury conglomerate LVMH, is facing accusations of sexual harassment, gender discrimination and unfair dismissal, the Financial Times reported Thursday.
According to the Financial Times, people who have worked at the business say the lawsuit is “symptomatic of wider cultural problem” at Moët Hennessy.
Maria Gasparovic, former chief of staff to the wine and spirits business’s global head of distribution Jean-Marc Lacave, is seeking 1.3 million ($1.52 million) in damages and compensation after she was fired in June 2024. She claims her termination came four months after she reported misconduct by senior colleagues to her managers and human resources department, according to the Financial Times.
She also alleges Moët Hennessy continued shipping products via intermediaries to Russia after LVMH announced in March 2022 that it would suspend operations in the country following the invasion of Ukraine. According to the Financial Times, Moët Hennessy shipped almost 26 million ($30 million) worth of cognac and champagne labeled “special orders” to Russia via U.S.-based intermediaries in 2022 and 2023.
She claims her boss, Lacave, told her she needed “anti-seduction” training in order to qualify for a promotion, with the reasoning being that Lacave and a client of Moët Hennessy both claimed she wanted to seduce them. She claims that in a conversation about why she had not been promoted, Lacave told her the client had described her as “gagging for...
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