LOS ANGELES—A single mother who was living in a homeless shelter alleges in a new lawsuit that a Taco Bell manager promised her a rewarding career with the fast food chain, but instead sexually harassed her to the point that she was forced to resign this summer.
Danielle Brown’s Los Angeles Superior Court lawsuit alleges sexual harassment, gender discrimination, wrongful constructive termination, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages.
A Taco Bell representative did not immediately reply to a request for comment on the suit brought Friday.
Brown, now 37, was working at a coronavirus testing booth near MacArthur Park in July and at the time was looking for stable employment to provide for her young child, the suit states. A man walked over to her booth, introduced himself as a Taco Bell manager and told her she could make $20 an hour working with the company, the suit states….