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NY Executive sues boss who 'kept her as sex slave' for 7 years
Last edited Thu Aug 13, 2015, 12:33 PM - Edit history (4)
NY Post: Katharina Roelcke, 38, thought she’d hit the jackpot after meeting Zip Aviation owner Itai Shoshani at the (New York City) 30th Street heliport in June 2007 — and the handsome Israeli offered a $150,000-a-year job on the spot, according to her Manhattan federal-court suit.
A few months after starting, Shoshani invited her for drinks at the exclusive Soho House (restaurant), where he kissed her...The pair eventually became so passionate that they were kicked out...But while Roelcke didn’t want to take their relationship further, Shoshani forced himself on her, having sex with her every morning after getting a key made to her place...In January 2008, he moved her into a company apartment...The suit states...“Since the day defendant moved in with plaintiff, her duties were to wash defendant’s clothes, scrub the toilets, clean the house, rub defendant’s sore feet [for free] and be at defendant’s beck and call sexually..."
Roelcke — a mother of two and aviation-industry veteran — says in her suit that she was never paid for her work at Zip even though she handled tasks such as advertising and pilot staffing and even ran the company while Shoshani was out of town...(She) "believ(ed) she would eventually be compensated as promised...”
Roelcke only learned that he was married with kids when she was at work and a woman and two children came in yelling out “Daddy!” ...She says in her suit that he told her he carries a gun at all times...Roelcke told The Post...that “when I did run away, he would find me and threaten me"...(Her attorney) said...“It was a horrible concoction of fear, poverty, and dependence...This woman was terrified of this man.” She was eventually fired and left the office in January 2015.
A few months after starting, Shoshani invited her for drinks at the exclusive Soho House (restaurant), where he kissed her...The pair eventually became so passionate that they were kicked out...But while Roelcke didn’t want to take their relationship further, Shoshani forced himself on her, having sex with her every morning after getting a key made to her place...In January 2008, he moved her into a company apartment...The suit states...“Since the day defendant moved in with plaintiff, her duties were to wash defendant’s clothes, scrub the toilets, clean the house, rub defendant’s sore feet [for free] and be at defendant’s beck and call sexually..."
Roelcke — a mother of two and aviation-industry veteran — says in her suit that she was never paid for her work at Zip even though she handled tasks such as advertising and pilot staffing and even ran the company while Shoshani was out of town...(She) "believ(ed) she would eventually be compensated as promised...”
Roelcke only learned that he was married with kids when she was at work and a woman and two children came in yelling out “Daddy!” ...She says in her suit that he told her he carries a gun at all times...Roelcke told The Post...that “when I did run away, he would find me and threaten me"...(Her attorney) said...“It was a horrible concoction of fear, poverty, and dependence...This woman was terrified of this man.” She was eventually fired and left the office in January 2015.
Fifty Shades of Gray meets Airplane!: I hardly know where to begin. She didn't think the police could protect her, yet she felt perfectly safe running to a lawyer -- and at least six months AFTER she was fired? If she didn't want to pursue an intimate relationship and he did, why didn't she quit back then? If he was letting himself into her home every day, why didn't she just change the locks? Most important, when she "decided" to move into the corporate apartment, did she bring her husband and kids with her?
Misogyny aside, I don't think she has much of a case. If I were Shoshani, I'd ask for a summary judgement.
rocktivity