Ernst & Young is facing a sexual harassment complaint from one of its partners, claiming the world’s third largest accounting firm failed to respond adequately to misconduct allegedly witnessed by other senior people at the firm.
Jessica Casucci, an Ernst & Young partner since 2014, claimed multiple senior colleagues had witnessed a male partner lift her up and sexually harass her at a conference in Orlando, but did nothing to stop him.
“In this day and age, when a woman shows the courage to stand up and complain about physical sexual harassment at work, one would expect her complaint to be treated with the utmost care and urgency,” her attorney, Michael Willemin, said.