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According to the suit, Duffy decorated his office with gay porn and forced employees to look at it, helped produce a book with photos of Marc Jacobs staff in the nude (that would be this book, we're guessing), and generally created a "discriminatory environment." Lataillade says that Duffy's victims complained, but were told to get a "thicker skin" and "go home early and have a drink." (Some HR department!)
Lataillade eventually took matters into his own hands and sent an email to the big shots at both MJ and Louis Vuitton highlighting the legal situation and hostile workplace. One week later, he got the can. He is now seeking financial damages—neither the Post nor the Daily News know how much—as compensation for his lost job and "mental anguish and humiliation." Somewhere in LA, Dov Charney is extremely relieved to be out of the spotlight.
· Marc Jacobs' former no. 2 says pres used company as personal piggy bank [NYP]
· Ex-Marc Jacobs COO accuses Robert Duffy of fostering x-rated workplace [NYDN]
· Fashion Bookworm: Marc Jacobs Employees Get a Yearbook, Kind Of [Racked National]