Entire Company Faces Sexual Assault Charges After Employee Tries To Kiss Woman Under Mistletoe
Garry Thompson, 27, is facing sexual assault charges after a company Christmas party went quickly downhill.According to police reports, Thomson, whohad âa few drinksâ while celebrating with co-workers from Harrison Construction and Lumber,Â was encouraged to kiss a female co-worker who had been standing underneath a mistletoe. When Thompson went up to her, he leaned in to give her a peck on the cheek, and was immediately punched in the face and pepper sprayed.His co-workers, and even boss and owner, Joel Harrison, who all laughed at the incidentÂ as it happened, assumed that itÂ would be he end of the ordeal. But now, Thompson, Harrison, and every other male co-worker is facing serious charges,Â with Thompson himself facing possible rape charges.âI donât celebrate Christmas, and have never heard of the tradition of the misletoe, but either way there is no excuse for this type of behavior,â said Marissa Jones, the woman bringing suit against her now-former employer. â[Thompson] came up to me, and he was definitely drunk. I could see it in his eyes that he was totally trying to have sex with me. Before he could put his gross lips on my beautiful, womanlyÂ cheek, I punched him in the face, and then pepper sprayed him until he couldnât stand up. I find it disgusting that men think they can kiss whomever they want during this time of year just because a person happens to be standing under a plant.âThompson claimed that the issue is being blown out of portion, and feels he did nothing wrong at all, as it was meant to be a simple gesture of caring and admiration, and that people have been doing it for eons.âObviously, I made a mistake in trying to kiss such a femi-nazi bitch,â said Thompson from his jail cell in Aurora. âCan you believe that now sheâs trying to say I was a rapist? Plus, sheâs suing the company for allowing this âsexual harassmentâ to happen during a business function, and sheâs trying to say that any man who laughed when it happened is an accomplice to rape! RAPE?! There were women laughing, too â I donât see any of them getting labeled as rapists and hit with huge lawsuits. I swear, that is the last time I try to kiss anyone, ever.âIn light of the situation, Harrison has said that he will give Thompson the holiday off, âwith pay,â to try to retain a lawyer.Â Â