Former Falcons official claims sex discrimination

[BillsFever]

ATLANTA (AP) -- A former official of the Atlanta Falcons has filed a federal lawsuit against team owner Arthur Blank, alleging she was fired after speaking out against sexual harassment of women staffers.

Carol Faubert, 53, of Alpharetta, who was vice president of human resources, claimed in the suit filed Monday that Blank condoned a work climate in which female employees were treated as ``sex objects.''

The lawsuit also alleged that Blank dismissed Faubert because she had objected to his refusal to hire women with young children and his decision to prohibit certain employees from earning overtime

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[The_Philster]

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) -- Atlanta Falcons owner Arthur Blank says allegations of a sexual harassment in a suit by the team's former vice president of human resources, are totally unjustified.

Carol Faubert, 53, claims in the suit filed last week in federal court that she was fired in February for speaking out against the treatment of women in the organization.

"It's sad that we have to take time to deal with this," Blank said Monday at practice at Furman University. "But to me that's a lot less painful than having these statements being made about us and our organization and about me and others that are complete distortions and fabrications."...

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