Mahoney
BELLEVILLE A former employee of an Eagle Flooring store in Swansea claims she was forced to quit because of alleged sexual harassment.
Dawn Crump-Clark filed a complaint Dec. 22 in the St. Clair County Circuit Court against Eagle Flooring Outlet Inc., doing business as Eagle Flooring, and Brian Rauk, alleging violation of the Illinois Human Rights Act, assault, battery and intentional infliction of emotional distress.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff began working for Eagle Flooring at its Swansea store in 2019. She claims that from Feb. 9, 2020, through March 17, Eagle Flooring president and owner, Rauk, made sexually suggestive comments and advances and pursued offensive touching. Specifically, the plaintiff alleges Rauk grabbed her breast, smacked her butt and made the comment wouldn t it be fun to be bad together?