“The Simpsons” creator Matt Groening is getting dragged to courtroom … as he is being sued over an alleged sexual assault involving two individuals who labored for him and his spouse.
In response to a brand new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, a girl named Giavanna Scotto claims she used to work as Matt’s home supervisor at his Santa Monica property a number of years again, and he or she says complaints about sexual harassment by the hands of a fellow coworker fell on deaf ears.
In her go well with, Scotto claims the sexual harassment began early in her tenure … she says a male coworker aggressively grabbed her butt and breasts, and kissed her on the mouth a number of occasions … all with out her consent, she alleges.
What’s extra, Scotto claims the identical coworker would bombard her with inappropriate textual content messages … saying issues like, “hello sweetheart,” “miss you,” “I miss you so much I love you I hope you are well I love you I love you,” and “I love you how is our son.”
She claims the coworker was undaunted by a scarcity of responses on her finish … and he or she says she “felt stalked.”
Within the docs, Scotto claims she complained to Matt and his spouse, Agustina Picasso, in regards to the alleged sexual assaults and harassment … however she claims the couple “failed to take appropriate corrective actions” and that “Picasso clearly knew of the harassment and failed to act.”
Scotto says the shortage of motion solely emboldened her alleged harasser … and he or she says he continued the identical conduct till the top of her tenure and past. She alleges Matt and Agustina all of a sudden fired her in June 2022 with out warning or trigger.
Matt and his spouse are being sued for failure to stop sexual harassment and failure to stop sexual assault and battery — amongst different office violation causes of motion.
We reached out to Matt’s camp … to this point no phrase again.
