Lawsuit Hits D'Arcy New York

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An art director who claims she was fired from D’Arcy Masius Benton & Bowles after complaining about sexual harassment, has filed a lawsuit against the agency, charging sexual harassment and retaliation.

The complaint was filed March 21 in State Supreme Court in Manhattan. D’Arcy was served last Thursday. Eileen Karakashian is seeking $5 million in damages. She claims that in April 1999, Curt Detweiler, a group creative director, became her direct supervisor and “began to engage in a course of sexually hostile and discriminatory conduct” against her and other female employees in his group.

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