Former Rams employee sues for age discrimination, sexual harassment

Posted by Mike Florio on June 21, 2012, 11:36 PM EDT

As Chris Berman would say, once is an accident and twice is a trend. Or something.

Last month, former Rams equipment manager Todd Hewitt sued the team for age discrimination. Now, former executive assistant Lory Fabian has sued the Rams and executive V.P. of sales and marketing Bob Reif. Fabian alleges age discrimination and sexual harassment, according to Robert Patrick of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch.

Fabian specifically claims that the Rams have been shedding “middle-aged women” and replacing them with ‘young inexpensive grinders’ who could handle the long hours of NFL employment.” She says that coach Steve Spagnuolo and COO Kevin Demoff targeted older employees for termination, and that Demoff told Fabian that “no one liked her” and that she was “too old for her job.”

Former Rams employee sues for age discrimination, sexual harassment