Bowling Green <\/strong>\u2013 Dallas Jones, owner of Beach Bend Amusement Park, has been slammed with a third lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment.<\/p>\n A current employee, Cheryl French, recently filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in Warren Circuit Court against Jones, the raceway, and the amusement park for the sexual harassment she suffered throughout her employment at the park. According to the sexual harassment lawsuit, French claims that she was subjected to \u201cunwanted and unwelcome advances<\/a>\u201d by Jones during the park season in 2014 and 2015. The defense attorney representing Dallas Jones\u2019 in the lawsuit clarified that his client will not be held responsible for any of French\u2019s allegations. Jones is currently free from all legal penalties and criminal charges. Two women, Connie Wilson and Jamie Summers, filed sexual harassment lawsuits against the defendant, Dallas Jones, in the Warren Circuit Court prior to French\u2019s lawsuit. Wilson\u2019s case concluded in 2014 with a settlement outside of court, and nearly all the court documents related to the lawsuit were closed shut by Judge John Grise\u2019s orders. It\u2019s not easy for women to make an honest living with all the gender inequality still in existence. It\u2019s twice as hard to make an honest living, when an individual is consistently battling a complicated boss or superior, depending on the profession. Women like French, Wilson, and Summers were allegedly compelled to tolerate sexual harassment in the workplace. In French\u2019s case, a financial position kept her quiet for a long time. Allow these three women to pave the way of what needs to be done in event that sexual harassment occurs. Reach out for help.<\/p>\n Have you experienced sexual harassment in the workplace? Are you ready to put an end to a negative life-changing experience? If so, contact our sexual harassment lawyers at the Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC. Our sexual harassment lawyers are ready to hear your experience and provide you with the best advice and legal representation there is to offer. Call us at 800-807-2209 for a free consultation to discuss your possible claim.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Another Female Employee comes forth accusing Beech Bend Park Owner of Sexual Harassment Bowling Green \u2013 Dallas Jones, owner of Beach Bend Amusement Park, has been slammed with a third lawsuit accusing him of sexual harassment. A current employee, Cheryl French, recently filed a sexual harassment lawsuit in Warren Circuit Court against Jones, the raceway, … Continue reading “Sexual Harassment: Beech Bend Park Owner hit with a Third Lawsuit”<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7,9,11,14],"tags":[485,486,487,488,489,53,490,138],"class_list":["post-626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-law","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer","category-sexual-harassment","tag-beech-bend-amusement-park","tag-beech-bend-park-owner","tag-connie-wilson","tag-dallas-jones","tag-jamie-summers","tag-sexual-harassment","tag-sexual-harassmentsettlement","tag-workplace-sexual-harassment"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe lawsuit includes sexual harassment allegations stating that Jones inappropriately \u201ctouched and groped\u201d French \u201con top and underneath her clothing,\u201d which provided access to French\u2019s naked \u201cbreasts and vaginal\u201d space. Jones also allegedly coerced<\/a> her to join in sexual activities involving physical contact with his penis.
\nDuring her employment with Beech Bend Park, French was struggling in the financial area of her life. Jones was allegedly aware of French\u2019s financial position and her inability to resign from working at the park. Jones knowledge of French\u2019s financial position might have placed her in a state of vulnerability.
\nIt is very possible that Jones used French\u2019s financial state to his personal advantage by using it as leverage to force French into \u201csubmitting to his offensive, unwanted and objectionable sexual misconduct.\u201d<\/p>\nJones denies French\u2019s Allegations<\/h2>\n
\nBoth the defense attorney and his client find it puzzling that French filed a complaint for an issue she never reported prior to this sexual harassment lawsuit. According to the defense attorney, there is a reporting procedure available for work related issues, and there are no records indicating French made any complaints about sexual harassment. They also find it abnormal that an individual who have endured \u00a0ongoing suffering would continue to work at the park.
\nFrench\u2019s sexual harassment attorney, argues that French kept her job at Beech Bend Park because she couldn\u2019t afford to survive without her hourly job. In order to \u201cmake ends meet,\u201d French had to tolerate the alleged sexual harassment until she found the strength to speak to someone about her unbearable experience. French is seeking compensatory, punitive, and other unspecified damages within the law as a result of this lawsuit.
\nAs the pending litigation proceeds, Jones’ attorney\u00a0will continue to fight on behalf of his client to dismiss these newfound allegations. Jones’ attorney stated, \u201cWe certainly deny the allegations that she\u2019s made and look forward to vigorously defending this.\u201d
\nPresently, Jones’ attorney is refraining from making any further comments regarding this case considering Dallas Jones and Beech Bend Park recently learned about these allegations through the Daily News. After a proper meeting takes place with Jones, his attorney, and the individuals representing the park, more information will be available.<\/p>\nWhat was the Outcome of the Other Two Sexual Harassment Lawsuits?<\/h2>\n
\nSummers\u2019 lawsuit is still processing. Based on Summers\u2019 suit, Jones sexually harassed her by touching her, and when she requested that he stop, she claims he asked \u201cif she liked her job<\/a>.\u201d In addition to the \u201cunwelcome sexual advances and physical conduct of sexual nature at her workplace,\u201d Summers explains that there has been an alleged violation of the Kentucky Civil Rights Act.\u00a0The court will determine if that\u2019s true.<\/p>\nLife after Workplace Sexual Harassment<\/h2>\n