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This past Tuesday, Andowah Newton, former VP of legal affairs and litigation counsel at LVMH sued the company for sexual harassment and retaliation. Newton claims that she was sexually harassed by a male colleague who made suggestive comments, leered at her, tried to kiss, and even lunged his body across hers to thrust his pelvis and genitals into her face. Newton has reported his behavior informally to LVMH personnel, but her case was not further as he worked for the legal department. Newton then took matters into her own hands and told him to stop harassing her through email which led to her manager to officially file the incident. The issue was escalated, however, at the expense of Newton’s treatment at the workplace.