Shegerian & Associates: Employee Rights Attorney Weighs In On Sexual Harassment Suit Filed Against UC Irvine

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 12, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Carlin Motley, an employee at the UC Irvine Medical Center has filed a workplace sexual harassment lawsuit, claiming the university did not protect her from a volunteer who stalked and sexually harassed her for more than one year.

Motley has claimed that the harassment, at the hands of Ibrahim Eldumiati began in 2017 following Edlumiati's start as a fundraising volunteer with the university Medical Center. Motley alleges that at a campus event, Eldumiati walked up to her, began kissing her face and down her neck while she tried to get him off of her. Motley said that she began to fear for her safety whenever she was around Eldumiati, as there were never any precautions to protect her.

Motley said she complained to her direct supervisors on multiple occasions and filed a formal complaint with the university's Office of Equal Opportunity and Diversity. The university investigated Motley's claims, but she said Eldumiati never faced appropriate consequences and she does not feel safe at her workplace. She said a university investigator encouraged her to move on and pretend it never happened. According to Motley, since speaking out about her claims of harassment she has been ostracized at work.

According to Motley's attorney, a complaint for damages was filed against the Board of Regents of the University of California, UC Irvine's governing body, and Eldumiati on Monday, December 3.

Carney Shegerian, founder of the Los Angeles-based employee rights law firm Shegerian & Associates, has weighed in on the case.

"The workplace sexual harassment lawsuit against UC Irvine is a clear example of the protections that must be put in place an enforced in the workplace," Shegerian says.

Motley claims that the university did a poor job of vetting Eldumiati, who is a "well-liked" volunteer that has raised a large amount of donations.  

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