Brangelina's Agent Accused of Sexual Harassment

November 10, 2008

Accused of sexual harassment, Todd Shemarya, agent to Hollywood's most talked about couple, Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie also allegedly, insulted his clients, made jokes about their sexual habits and kept some of the gifts intended for them.

Heather Devlin, Shemarya's former assistant claims that the agent subjected her to an incessant barrage of sexual, racist and religious comments and often walked around his office in the buff, exposing himself to the staff in his office. She also claims that the agent had a habit of showing staff an August 1997 issue of Playgirl magazine which contained nude pictures of his client Brad Pitt, so that he could ridicule the size of Pitt's penis.

The sexual harassment and wrongful dismissal claim also states that Shemarya gave preferential treatment to gay employees who were willing to sleep with him. Devlin states that she was fired because she refused to help the agent acquire further gifts that were meant for the actors and also because she had, had a fight with Shemarya's boyfriend at the time.

Shemarya has denied all of Devlin's claims and has called her a disgruntled employee who he fired a year ago.

Represented by lawyer Keith Fink, famous for bringing wrongful dismissal cases against celebrities, Devlin is stated to be seeking unlimited damages.

Information from The Independent website.

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