The Hong Kong-based developer building a huge casino resort on Saipan has been sued for sexual harassment and sex discrimination by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
The still under-construction Grand Mariana resort and casino Photo: RNZ Pacific/ Mark Rabago
In a lawsuit filed in the US District Court for the Northern Marianas, the Commission accused Imperial Pacific of subjecting some female staff to unwelcome physical and verbal sexual harassment by 'high roller' guests of the casino.
The Commission said these staff members, working at a temporary casino facility, were required to swim in bikinis with male patrons while being subjected to repeated touching, sexual comments and pressure to have sex with clients.
The woman who brought the complaint quit the company in 2016 after finding the sexual harassment intolerable.
