
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: THURSDAY, May 20, 1993                   TAG: 9305200330
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-3   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: LOS ANGELES                                LENGTH: Short

MAN GETS $1 MILLION IN HARASSMENT CLAIM

A man who said his female boss fondled him and made threats after he rejected her advances was awarded $1 million by jurors in a sexual harassment lawsuit.

Sabino Gutierrez, 33, claimed he was sexually harassed almost daily for six years by Maria Martinez, chief financial officer and director of personnel of Cal Spas, a hot-tub manufacturer.

The company said it was considering an appeal. Mary Maloney Roberts, an attorney for the company, said Martinez denied harassing Gutierrez.

Gutierrez' attorney, Gloria Allred, said Martinez harassed Gutierrez by going into his office; closing the door; and fondling, kissing and embracing him.

Gutierrez said that at first he was afraid to complain. Eventually he made his problems clear to Cal Spas managers but nothing was done, he said.

After he married in 1991, his desk and personal belongings were removed from his Cal Spas office, Allred said; and a few months later, after rejecting a new round of sexual advances, his managerial duties were given to another employee. - Associated Press

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