A former employee of Centaur Building Services, which provides janitorial services to the University, is filing a sexual harassment and retaliation suit against the company.
Demetraus Walker, 30, was fired Friday. He claims his termination was in retaliation for complaining about the sexual advances of operations manager Kim Love, who was fired by Centaur Dec. 13, 2011.
"She had me thinking in the beginning that she was taking me under her wing and was training me for a site manager position," Walker said. "Then she started making a lot of sexual advances toward me, and I shot her down. I told her that she was my boss, and I didn't want to deal with her in that manner."
Walker claims in his affidavit that Love made sexual advances from October of last year until Love was fired.
Additionally, Walker claims he used his phone to record instances of Love's behavior and presented it to HR personnel the morning Love was fired.
In the affidavit, Walker said Love threatened him after her termination.
He claims she said: "I've been with the company so long, and have made them so much money that I have some bigwigs in my pocket, and I will make it my business to see that you are fired."
Walker's attorney, Julian McPhillips, said they've filed the charges with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. McPhillips said they delivered the documents detailing the charges to the Centaur vice president in St. Louis, Mo.
"He was the one who was sexually harassed," McPhillips said, "and he was still fired."
McPhillips said he and Walker are seeking Walker's reinstatement, backpay and other compensation.
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