The assistant to the executive director of the Golden Rain Foundation has filed a sexual harassment suit against the organization that runs Seal Beach Leisure World. She has also filed suit against one of the board members, accusing him of sexual harassment and slander.
The individual board member named in the complaint denied the accusation, but said nothing more on the advice of his attorney.
This is the second lawsuit filed against the foundation in recent weeks.
Ms. Kevin Dugoncevic, assistant to Leisure World Executive Director Dan Schaeffer, filed suit on Oct. 12 for sexual harassment, intentional and negligent infliction of emotional distress and slander.
Dugoncevic is seeking unspecified damages.
Dugoncevic’s boss, Schaeffer, filed his own hostile work environment lawsuit against the Golden Rain Foundation and three other foundation board members on Sept. 28. Schaeffer is being represented by the same law firm as Dugoncevic.
Schaeffer is also seeking unspecified damages.
According to the court papers filed by Gary R. Carlin and Ronald L. Zambrano, Dugoncevic quoted that Golden Rain Board member Denis Craig, president of Mutual 11, as saying on Oct. 18, 2011, that she needed to have sex. The court complaint said that Craig followed this remark with an uninvited hug.
“On advise of legal counsel,the only comment I can make at the moment, is “I deny the accusation,” Craig told the Sun.
According to Dugoncevic’s complaint, she is suing Craig for slander on the grounds that he reportedly said she was lying about the incident. The complaint did not say on what date or dates Craig made that charge.
The complaint also says that Craig has retaliated against Dugoncevic for complaining about Craig’s behavior. The complaint did not specify what form the alleged retaliation took.
The complaint contains one factual error: it refers to Dugoncevic as a “he” when Dugoncevic is, in fact, a woman.
