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Lawsuit filed against former Tech player

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Posted 4:52PM on Thursday 1st May 2003 ( 21 years ago )
LOS ANGELES - A hairstylist on Fox Sports Network&#39;s ``The Best Damn Sports Show Period,&#39;&#39; has filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against hosts Tom Arnold and former NBA and Georgia Tech player John Salley, along with several others involved with the show.<br> <br> Lisa Brescher says she began working for the sports talk show in August 2001, and from the first day ``was subjected to an environment of unrestrained sexual harassment,&#39;&#39; according to a Superior Court lawsuit filed Wedneday.<br> <br> The 29-year-old left on a disability claim in February, the lawsuit says; it was unknown whether the disability was because of the alleged harassment or some other injury.<br> <br> She&#39;s seeking unspecified damages.<br> <br> Brescher claims that Arnold, the show&#39;s executive producer, and Salley, who won championships with the Detroit Pistons, Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers, made unwelcome sexual advances.<br> <br> The lawsuit states Salley ``regularly pawed (and) groped&#39;&#39; her and made unwelcome references to his sexual prowess. It also claims that the 38-year-old Salley made suggestive comments and ``leered&#39;&#39; at her.

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