New Filing in JWT Discrimination Case Accuses Agency of 'Encouraging' CEO's Sexist Behavior

Plaintiff pushes for video to be entered as evidence

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Lawyers representing JWT's chief communications officer, who is suing her agency over claims of discrimination, today filed a court document arguing that video footage of former CEO Gustavo Martinez joking about rape should be allowed into evidence.

The document also accuses the company of "encouraging" Martinez's behavior by downplaying the significance of his off-color comments.

The video in question reportedly shows Martinez speaking at a 2015 corporate gathering and joking that he was afraid of being raped "but not in a nice way" at the event's Miami hotel.

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