Female Manager Gets Trial Over Rumor She Traded Sex to Get Ahead

A federal contractor must face trial on a female manager’s claims that its handling of a rumor that her repeated promotions were due to a sexual relationship with her boss constituted workplace harassment and her termination was retaliation for complaining, the District of Maryland ruled Monday.

Evangeline Parker’s case against Reema Consulting Services Inc. was back before the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The appeals court in February 2019 partly revived Parker’s claims, finding the rumor that she was sleeping with DaMarcus Pickett, her direct ...