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Published May 15, 2008 08:42 am - Women accuse mayor of sexual harassment By Rick Hoover STILLWATER NEWSPRESS (STILLWATER, Okla.) STILLWATER, Okla. — Stillwater Mayor Roger McMillian is being accused of sexual harassment.
In a lawsuit filed Tuesday in Payne County District Court, Stillwater residents Barbara Gose, Raeann Meyer and Lois Akers allege McMillian, as president of the Stillwater branch of The Bank, N.A., created a sexually-charged workplace and hostile work environment, and that “it was necessary for women to grant sexual favors to McMillian for professional advancement.” Gose and Meyer are former employees of the Bank, N.A., in Stillwater; Akers is still employed. The Bank, N.A., with home offices in McAlester, also has been named as a defendant. The plaintiffs are requesting a jury trial and are seeking actual and compensatory damages, punitive damages and fees to be determined by the jury. “We intend to defend this lawsuit vigorously,” McMillian said Wednesday. Lori L. Young of Baumert, Cummings, Hiatt & Young of Ponca City is representing the plaintiffs. “These are three women with impeccable credibility,” she said. In court documents, the women allege McMillian: • Frequently permitted sexually explicit e-mails to be sent to bank employees; • Would often describe the quality of female customers’ and applicants’ figures, using derogatory and sexually explicit slurs and jokes; • Placed his hand on a female employee’s thigh and said he was measuring how short her skirt was; • Frequently encouraged employees to have a naked swimming party; • Frequently joked with a female employee about exchanging sexual favors. Young said the women suing McMilllian “were never directly sexually harassed but were exposed to a sexually charged workplace” on a daily basis. According to the petition, “The sexually hostile environment was severe and pervasive enough to be perceived as hostile by the female employees, including plaintiffs.” 
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