Joseph Bassani has filed suit against Jean Georges, a four-star restaurant located inside Trump International Hotel & Tower, alleging harassment over his sexual orientation. Bassani claims insults and abuse were ignored by his superiors during his time as an employee of the restaurant.

In one instance, Bassani said managers hired a prostitute and threw a wild party for the departing chef de cuisine. The woman performed sex acts on herself and the staff in the plush dining room.

At the urging of the chef de cuisine and another cook, the suit said, the woman “charged at Bassani, pushed him onto the top of one of the dining room tables, straddled him, and began to gyrate … within inches of his face.”

Bassani likened the incident to an assault. When he told management about the party and other demeaning incidents, Bassani said his superiors did nothing.

Gothamist adds:

Bassani says he was essentially terrorized for two years. His allegations include being called a “whore” frequently and that a supervisor said his weight loss was because he was “dying of AIDS.”