Advertising agency CEO joked about raping female employees, lawsuit alleges

A longtime employee is accusing the head of storied Madison Avenue ad agency JWT of making repeated racist and sexist remarks in a lawsuit filed in Manhattan on Thursday.

Erin Johnson, JWT’s chief communication officer, is alleging that CEO Gustavo Martinez’s “apparent comfort in making constant racist and sexist slurs” created a hostile work environment for female and minority employees, according to the suit.

The lawsuit, first reported by the New York Post, names JWT and its parent company WPP, the largest advertising company in the world, as defendants. Read more…