A Philadelphia woman says she was fired after reporting alleged health and safety concerns at an Upper Southampton senior living community, where two former administrators were recently charged with covering up sexual abuse.
Jeanne Black worked for roughly 10 months as a receptionist at the Landings of Southampton in 2020 before she says she was terminated after she refused to stop contacting outside agencies and corporate officials about problems she believed endangered residents.
Black filed her wrongful termination lawsuit in Bucks County Common Pleas Court against Landings and its parent company LeisureCare LLC roughly three months before a Bucks County grand jury recommended filing criminal charges against former administrators Ashley Harker, 37, of Philadelphia, and Joy Alfonsi, 47, of Souderton.
The Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office alleges Harker, the facility’s general manager, and Alfonsi, the director of health and wellness at the Street Road community, failed to report sexual abuse of three residents and attempted to cover up the incidents.
Philadelphia attorney Tamara Grimm, who is listed in the court docket as representing LeisureCare, did not respond to an email Friday seeking comment on the lawsuit.
The alleged abuse incidents involving Harker and Alfonsi occurred in 2021, after Black was terminated, but her lawsuit alleges that she observed similar, troubling problems at the facility after it started accepting residents in February 2020.
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