Is the Corcoran Group the new Conde Nast? A new lawsuit claims that the company's president Pam Liebman is obsessed with people's weight, dieting and gym routines. Jason Riggs, a former manager there, is now suing, saying he was fired for being an "overweight gay male."
Riggs says that Liebman gossiped about how he had "ballooned up" over time (he had been at the company for 11 years), and according to the Daily News "he contends Liebman didn't like gay men and shunted off Riggs and another gay man to the den during a Thanksgiving dinner at her home." The Post notes that he saw a psychiatrist and went on prescription meds due to the harassment.
He was fired in October 2008, one month after speaking up about the discrimination. The company claims he failed to follow the chain of command when making the complaint.
