From www.lukeisback.com:
AVN publisher Paul Fishbein has not been this angry since Gene Ross left him to work at Extreme Associates and revealed the goods on AVN on GeneRossExtreme.com in the fall of 2000.
Fishbein has been on a rampage to take away the clients of Jennifer Rosenblatt’s husband Darren, the promoter of the Players Ball. Darren does not have anything to do with Jennifer’s lawsuit.
This could get ugly.
A lot of female AVN employees have sued the company over the years for harassment, hostile work environment, etc, including Renee, who runs its trade shows.
Carol L .Gillam is the attorney for Jennifer. The case number is BC321826. I believe it was filed in the Van Nuys branch of Los Angeles Superior Court.
Jennifer Rosenblatt, an individual, vs. AVN Corporation, Teddy Communications Inc, Paul Fishbein, Darren Roberts…
Complaint for Damages:
1. Breach of Written Contract.
2. Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing
3. Wrongful Termination in Violation of Public Policy
4. Gender and Disability Discrimination
5. Harassment
6. Retaliation
7. Violation of Cal. Gov. Code 12940
8. Violation of California Family Rights Act
9. Declaratory Relief
10. Accounting
Jury Trial Demanded
1. Plaintiff Jennifer Rosenblatt… was fired after she requested time off to attend to a serious illness… Plaintiff was replaced at work by a male.
10. Plaintiff worked for many years as Senior Vice President and Sales Manager for AVN and TCI [Teddy Communications Inc]. She performed her job competently at all relevant times. At the time she was fired, she was earning more than $300,000 annually in salary, commissions and bonuses.
12. In or about April 2002, plaintiff entered into a written employment agreement with AVN and TCI [through March 31, 2006]:
1. An initial base salary of $75,000 per year increasing to $82,500 per year March 1, 2003 and to $90, 750 on March 1, 2004, and to $99,000 on March 1, 2005;
3. Additional compensation in the form of a “bonus” of 20% of sales of classified advertising for the life of each contract…
4. A seven percent commission for sale of all new display advertising,
6. An automobile allowance of $650 monthly…as of April 2004.
14. On or about April 15, 2003, plaintiff was diagnosed with acute anxiety and provided with a doctor’s note recommending that she take a 30 a day leave from work.
[LF says: I believe this anxiety was created by Jenn’s difficulty working for her (in her view) erratic and difficult bosses Paul and Darren. In Philadelphia in the 1980s, Paul had a secretary who went bonkers while working for him.]
15. Fishbein refused to allow her to take that leave.
16. May 18 defendants fired plaintiff for no cause.
17. Defendants have not paid plaintiff what is due her…
18. Within the year preceding her termination, and at times prior thereto, defendant ROBERTS repeatedly showed his dislike for women in positions of power in the workplace. ROBERTS spoke in a disparaging tone to female employees. ROBERTS also made inappropriate and offensive sexual remarks and gestures to women, including inappropriate and offensive remarks to plaintiff. Such conduct was unwelcome and plaintiff so informed ROBERTS. Nevertheless ROBERTS persisted in such conduct.
[LF says: I find that hard to believe considering that Darren showed his love for women by having a long-running affair with Fishbein’s gorgeous secretary Lisa Love while Darren’s wife, a former porn star, was pregnant and raising their kids.]
19. Within the last 24 months of the plaintiff’s employment, defendants including FISHBEIN fired numerous women and replaced them with men. Only a single female manager remains in defendant’s employ. Defendants were upset that plaintiff made so much money under the Employment Agreement — too much money for a woman.
