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Post by bigbarn27 on May 15, 2024 16:33:44 GMT -6
Another day another lawsuit good grief.
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Post by vadarx on May 15, 2024 17:13:35 GMT -6
Another day another lawsuit good grief. sigh... |
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Post by OldTimeHawky on May 15, 2024 17:23:38 GMT -6
Sounds like bs to be, this lady said there was a verbal agreement with Danny to change their logo because they're benefiting from native Americans, it wasn't changed and now she's claiming someone made sexually advances with her and touched her without consent.
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Post by vadarx on May 16, 2024 0:00:27 GMT -6
from the Athletic...
A former Chicago Blackhawks independent contractor is suing Blackhawks chairman and CEO Danny Wirtz and the Chicago Blackhawks Foundation for breach of oral contract, fraud and violating the Gender Violence Act, among other counts.
The lawsuit was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County (Ill.) on Tuesday on behalf of Nina Sanders, whom the Blackhawks hired in 2020 to assist in their Native American community outreach. She is seeking a jury trial and an amount greater than $150,000.
In the lawsuit, Sanders accused the Blackhawks of failing to investigate and report sexual assault allegations against multiple individuals during the time she was contracted by the organization. Sanders alleged the Blackhawks attempted to silence her by isolating her position in response to her accusations.
Sanders also alleged she agreed to take the position after forming an oral contract with Wirtz to fulfill a list of promises related to the Native American community, including that Wirtz “would actively advocate to, and would change, the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team’s logo.” Sanders accused Wirtz of failing to keep his many promises.
“Mr. Wirtz intended for Ms. Sanders to rely on these false statements in the Oral Contract and induce her to accept employment with the Organization so that the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team could benefit from their association with Ms. Sanders, as her standing and reputation in the Native American community continues to pacify resistance to the Chicago Blackhawks Hockey Team’s continued use of Native American imagery in the team’s name, logo, and merchandise for Mr. Wirtz and the Organizations’ continued economic benefit,” the lawsuit reads.
Sanders says in the lawsuit that, in June 2021, a person with ties to the organization made “inappropriate sexual advances on herself, including unwanted flirting and touching her without her consent” and that the Blackhawks did not investigate and did not report the alleged behavior to police. In November 2021, the lawsuit says, the accused person attempted to force Sanders to join him in his hotel room by grabbing both of her arms before she was able to escape. About two months later, the lawsuit alleges, the person sent Sanders a video of himself masturbating.
The lawsuit says another person with ties to the Blackhawks sexually assaulted a team employee, who reported the alleged assault to Sanders’ boss, and that Sanders also reported the assault to her boss and other team employees, including Wirtz. The lawsuit alleges none of the team employees reported the alleged assault to police and that the team maintained its relationship with the accused person.
In November 2022, the lawsuit alleges, a Blackhawks dancer approached a woman in a suite at United Center, startling the woman, whom Sanders says had previously filed a police report alleging the dancer had raped her. The suit says the dancer was not to be in the same room as the woman. Again, the suit says, the Blackhawks did not report the incident and took no action.
Sanders’ employment with the Blackhawks ended in June 2023. The lawsuit says Wirtz emailed her to say the organization would continue to review her sexual harassment complaints but was ending its business relationship.
The Blackhawks responded to the lawsuit with a series of statements on Wednesday. The team said Sanders worked as an independent contractor with the organization from 2020 to 2023 to “support specific initiatives in partnership with the Sac & Fox Nation and other Native American communities” and that “the organization had noted operational issues in her work, and had received feedback from external partners that they did not want to continue to work with her.” The Blackhawks say Sanders made her allegations only after the sides unsuccessfully attempted to negotiate a new contract.
“The Chicago Blackhawks have a zero tolerance policy for misconduct and take allegations of harassment in the workplace very seriously,” one of the team’s statements read. “In response to Ms. Sanders’ allegations, the organization immediately conducted a thorough investigation with the assistance of outside counsel, including interviews with internal and external parties, and review of pertinent materials and digital records. Based on the information available to us, we found insufficient evidence to substantiate her claims. Of note, the persons identified by Ms. Sanders in your question are not, and have never been, independent contractors with nor employees of the Chicago Blackhawks.”
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Post by BigT on May 16, 2024 5:01:31 GMT -6
It will be impossible to prove an oral agreement. Unless you have a recording. I don’t see this going anywhere.
Also, if another woman was supposedly sexually assaulted, even if it was reported to her, or her boss, she would stand no ground to sue.
If she was assaulted in any way. She would have to report this and do her due diligence. I don’t see this going anywhere!!!
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Post by vadarx on May 16, 2024 5:40:22 GMT -6
It will be impossible to prove an oral agreement. Unless you have a recording. I don’t see this going anywhere!!! I'll bet she still has that video the guy sent her... the part about her saying Danny boy promised her the team would change the logo... yeah, I'm having a really hard time believing that one... |
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Post by galaxytrash on May 16, 2024 5:53:46 GMT -6
i'm thinking this most likely deserves its own thread.
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Post by OldTimeHawky on May 16, 2024 5:54:22 GMT -6
It will be impossible to prove an oral agreement. Unless you have a recording. I don’t see this going anywhere!!! I'll bet she still has that video the guy sent her... the part about her saying Danny boy promised her the team would change the logo... yeah, I'm having a really hard time believing that one... Especially when his dad came out and said it won't be changed and even got the approval of the Sauks. This lady sounds bitter and thinking she can get a payday because of the past lawsuit. |
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Post by vadarx on May 16, 2024 5:58:54 GMT -6
I'll bet she still has that video the guy sent her... the part about her saying Danny boy promised her the team would change the logo... yeah, I'm having a really hard time believing that one... Especially when his dad came out and said it won't be changed and even got the approval of the Sauks. This lady sounds bitter and thinking she can get a payday because of the past lawsuit. imo, I think it sounds more like leveraging more bad press to force the franchise to make a logo/name change. that is not to say I don't believe what she is saying happened to her, but something just feels off about this. |
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Post by BigT on May 16, 2024 6:06:40 GMT -6
Especially when his dad came out and said it won't be changed and even got the approval of the Sauks. This lady sounds bitter and thinking she can get a payday because of the past lawsuit. imo, I think it sounds more like leveraging more bad press to force the franchise to make a logo/name change. that is not to say I don't believe what she is saying happened to her, but something just feels off about this. I’m thinking she wants a payday from the Hawks to shut up and leave the logo alone. I don’t think this goes anywhere. As an independent contractor, she probably didn’t report any income earnings to IRS, and is probably in financial distress, so let’s just look for a payday!!! |
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Post by BigT on May 16, 2024 6:12:18 GMT -6
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Post by T-man2010 on May 16, 2024 6:20:17 GMT -6
It's a civil case so she doesn't actually have to have proof of anything.
Now will the Hawks play hard ball with her, I hope so. Ask her why she's racist against an Indian being appreciated for the warrior he was?
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Post by BigT on May 16, 2024 6:38:22 GMT -6
It's a civil case so she doesn't actually have to have proof of anything. Now will the Hawks play hard ball with her, I hope so. Ask her why she's racist against an Indian being appreciated for the warrior he was? Or why she’s trying to profit off of her someone else’s family? What if the Hawks said that they’d make a contribution to the Sac tribe and she’d have to drop the case. I doubt she does that as greed is in the way!!! |
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Post by Granada on May 16, 2024 8:37:09 GMT -6
This is purely speculation on my part, but at first glance, this seems like nothing more than a disgruntled employee who was let go when she wasn't needed anymore. I can see it being settled out of court.
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Post by vadarx on May 30, 2024 14:22:03 GMT -6
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Post by bigbarn27 on May 30, 2024 18:34:02 GMT -6
Just like the Beach one. Let the games begin and yes this one is completely different. |
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