Bank worker denies bra horseplay

Humfrey Hunter12 April 2012

A woman accused of sexually bullying an 18-year-old male colleague at a bank today denied winking at him as she tried on a new bra.

The woman, in her thirties, alleged Anthony King made up the story that she put on the sports bra in front of him at an east London branch of Abbey National.

She told a Stratford employment tribunal: "It's total fabrication." Mr King, now 20, may have seen the bra when another woman colleague gave it to her as a present, she said.

Mr King, a dancer and Michael Jackson impersonator, is representing himself at the hearing. He accused the woman of talking while at work about sex with her husband. She told the hearing: "There was no way I would talk about sexual things. I simply did not have the time to chat with other staff."

The woman said Mr King had shown a bad attitude to work during his time with Abbey National.

"He was not committed to working or having a career within the company," she said. "His attitude seemed to be that it was a temporary position."

Mr King alleges he had to endure women flashing their breasts at him, pretending to indulge in lesbian fondling and questioning him about his sex life as well as lewd comments about their own.

He was the only male among six women at the branch and claimed he was left suffering depression.

He said he was hounded out of his job in January 2001 after only three months. He is seeking £31,000 damages from Abbey National and the three women allegedly involved, claiming sex discrimination, sexual harassment and victimisation.

The hearing continues.

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