@japdmedia26: New York City, New York, USA 🇺🇸 —An Amazon employee has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of failing to properly address her report of an alleged sxual assåult involving a senior executive during a business trip. Laura Danbom, a marketing and operations manager at Amazon Web Services, filed the lawsuit in Washington state in October 2026. She alleges that Michelangelo Simonte, an advertising executive based in Madrid, rped her in a Manhattan hotel room on October 27, 2023. According to the complaint, the two attended an Amazon-hosted event before joining colleagues at karaoke bars. Danbom alleges that she told Simonte no and that he ignored her protests. The next day, she reported the incident to the New York Police Department (NYPD) and submitted to a forensic examination. According to the lawsuit, she also provided police with a condom she said had been left behind. The complaint alleges that investigators did not interview some witnesses Danbom identified. Her attorney said the NYPD did not refer the case to prosecutors after determining that investigative avenues had been exhausted. No criminal charges were reported in the article. Danbom also reported the incident to Amazon's human resources department. The company conducted an internal investigation and placed Simonte on leave for several months, according to her account. Amazon ultimately concluded that the allegations were not substantiated by sufficient evidence, the lawsuit states. Danbom alleges that the investigation failed to interview witnesses and involved questions that made her feel blamed for what happened. She further claims Amazon instructed her not to discuss the allegations at work and expected her to continue working directly with Simonte. “It prevented me from warning other women who might interact with him at events,” Danbom told The New York Post. Danbom says she later moved to another position within Amazon to avoid contact with Simonte, giving up a potential promotion in the process. She is seeking compensation for lost wages, bonuses and employment benefits, with the amount to be determined through the legal process. Amazon's response: “We take any allegation of this nature extremely seriously, and we have zero tolerance for workplace sexual misconduct or violence of any kind. We thoroughly investigate each report we receive and take appropriate action, up to and including termination, against those who are found to have violated our policies,” Amazon spokesperson Kelly Nantel said in a statement. “We have robust policies and trained investigators in place to ensure each concern is heard and addressed with the proper care. While we don’t have more to share about the specifics of this pending litigation at this time, we continue to follow our rigorous processes and to hold all employees to the same high standards.” The lawsuit also alleges violations of Washington state's Silenced No More Act, which protects workers' ability to speak about certain workplace misconduct. The case remains a legal dispute. The allegations against Simonte have not been established as proven facts in court, and the filing does not itself establish wrongdoing by Amazon. What are your thoughts on how companies should handle serious workplace misconduct allegations? #NewYork #USA #Amazon #LauraDanbom #japd

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