The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has filed suit against Cheesecake Factory Inc., saying male-on-male sexual harassment occurred at one of the chain’s restaurants and that supervisors ignored complaints.
The class-action suit, filed last week in U.S. District Court in Arizona, alleges that three victims were harassed for months by groups of male employees at the chain’s Chandler, Ariz., restaurant. The men were allegedly grabbed and forced to endure simulated sex with their clothes on, the complaint said.
Calabasas-based Cheesecake Factory released a brief statement late Thursday saying that the company was committed to providing “a positive, productive and professional work environment.”
