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Supervisor’s Instagram Triggers Hostile Work Environment Lawsuit

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Once upon a time, the employee’s workplace was entirely separate from their private life. No more. The two now bleed together, resulting in legal trouble for employers.

Male Manager Targets a Female Colleague

Lindsay Okonowsky worked as the sole staff psychologist at a federal prison on the West Coast. Lieutenant Steven Hellman supervised the prison guards in her unit.

Hellman created an Instagram account where he made numerous posts of a sexist, racist, anti-Semitic, homophobic, and transphobic nature. Many of his posts focused on Okonowsky, including one suggesting that the male guards “gang bang” her. Others degraded her

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