Boss who sexually harassed worker in laundromat ordered to pay $50k

Several text messages showed the woman asking for work, to which Mr Sippel replied “give me your pussy … maybe you give me incentive to give u job”.

In another incident during her time working for Mr Sippel in 2018, the woman asked to borrow his lawnmower and he replied with words to the effect of “I’ll give you my mower for free, it is worth $500, if you give me sex”.

Mr Sippel, who represented himself, disputed this account of the incident, saying the woman had asked for assistance with clean-up of the yard three times, but he declined.

On numerous occasions, Mr Sippel said his comments were “banter” and disputed the woman’s account of groping, claiming she had hugged him and grabbed him through his shorts, saying…