In their motion to dismiss the May suit, Ferguson’s attorneys said DeNicolo cannot sue Ferguson because she signed a separation agreement that includes a clause barring her from any future claim against the company, Hubbard Radio Chicago, and its management “in return for a substantial severance package.” They say that agreement also covers Ferguson.
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“Hubbard Radio’s ongoing attempt to keep Ferguson’s serial abuse of women secret has only emboldened Ferguson in his conduct as a serial abuser of women over many years.”ĭeNicolo’s May lawsuit against Ferguson seeks unspecified monetary damages, alleging he intentionally inflicted emotional distress. motivated by greed, the management of The Mix, and its owner/operator Hubbard Radio, treat Ferguson as though he is a ‘sacred cow’ that the station must never offend, and they are desperately trying to promulgate the lie that their supposed ‘investigation’ turned up no evidence to corroborate DeNicolo. In her defamation suit against the company, DeNicolo is seeking at least $10 million in punitive damages.Īccording to the defamation suit, if Hubbard had conducted “an honest and competent investigation” it would “have learned (to the extent it did not already know) that DeNicolo’s complaints against Ferguson are true.” It’s unclear if both alleged incidents were tied to the same event, but DeNicolo’s defamation suit against Hubbard said the Christmas party Mori attended was “shortly before Ferguson began targeting DeNicolo for unwelcome oral sex.” Like DeNicolo, Kristen Mori said she did not report the alleged behavior to management for fear of losing her job.ĭeNicolo said in the initial lawsuit that Ferguson attempted to kiss her after a company event in December 2003. “However, I did not do anything for fear of causing a scene that would result in me and my wife losing our jobs.” “I was furious and considered punching Ferguson for groping my wife,” he wrote. Mike Mori, identified as an account executive with WDRV-FM 97.1 at the time, stated he saw Ferguson “rubbing my wife’s breast with his hand” and that Ferguson stopped when he approached.
Mori wrote she left the party immediately afterward with her husband, whose declaration confirms his wife’s account of the alleged incident. “I was disgusted by Ferguson’s words and immediately left the car after he said that.” “Ferguson responded that for him to believe me he would need to feel my breasts,” Mori wrote.
She said yes, hoping her answer would put an end to the conversation, she wrote. In fall 1999, when she was 29, Ferguson asked her if her breasts were real when the two drove back to the station following a work lunch, according to her declaration. “On multiple occasions while I worked at The Mix, I observed Ferguson behave inappropriately toward women, including me,” she wrote.
Kristen Mori stated in the court filing that she worked closely with Ferguson while employed at The Mix in sales from 1998 to 2004. The Ohio woman said in her declaration that she reached out to Caruso after reading the Tribune’s story about the first lawsuit. Her attorney, Carmen Caruso, included as exhibits in the new defamation suit written declarations from Mori and her husband, Mike, both signed Thursday, regarding the alleged Christmas party incident in 2003.
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