CHICAGO, Illinois — The National Association of Realtors President, Utah broker Kenny Parcell, resigned on Monday following a New York Times report exposing allegations of continued sexual harassment, predatory behavior, and facilitation of a work culture that promotes and protects wrongdoing.
N.A.R. is a trade association that controls access to nearly all house listings in the United States. The group’s website claims more than 1.5 million members who “subscribe to a strict code of ethics,” all of whom pay dues. The group is so dominant that they own the trademark of the term “realtor”, requiring any person that calls themselves a realtor to be a registered N.A.R. member.
A lawsuit was initiated in the summer of 2023 by Janelle Brevard, an employee who broke off a month-long consensual sexual relationship with Parcell in June 2022. Brevard claims in the lawsuit that N.A.R. discriminated against her on the basis of race and sex.
Following Brevard’s decision to end their relationship, she said Parcell was angry. Brevard’s legal team says Parcell retaliated by continuing to send sexually explicit text messages, photos, and other items. The lawsuit states Parcell punished her by excluding her from meetings, and business trips she would normally participate in, disparaged her at every turn, and made several threats to fire her.
Brevard made a formal sexual harassment complaint to N.A.R. about this alleged retaliation. Soon after, she was called into a meeting and...
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