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"Me Too" allegations at Deutsche Bank: High-ranking managers are said to have sexually harassed and exploited a young employee, according to the allegation of a woman reported by the "Süddeutsche Zeitung".
The public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt is investigating possible sexual offenses.
Both men deny the allegations.
In the first case, according to the report, a senior manager helped the woman get a trainee contract despite having a relationship with her.
According to the woman's lawyer, the relationship has increasingly tipped into a dependency relationship.
Later - when the young woman was already working at the bank - another, even higher-ranking executive sent her intimate pictures.
Both executives had dropped the young woman, says her lawyer, according to the "SZ", possibly because the woman had sexually rejected the one man.
The woman was dismissed a little later - for an ostensibly different reason.
The two men deny that they had any influence on the dismissal.
According to the report in the Süddeutsche Zeitung, the allegations had different consequences for the men. Deutsche Bank initially exempted both of them after the bank received approval from the public prosecutor to approach them. The man who sent the woman intimate text messages has since been fired. The public prosecutor's proceedings against him have since been discontinued. The other one is now allowed to work for the bank again.
»Deutsche Bank investigates every allegation of possible misconduct comprehensively and impartially - this also applies to the case mentioned.
We do not approve of violations of our code of conduct.
We promote a culture in which problems can be openly addressed and encourage employees to report cases of disadvantage, harassment or unfair treatment, ”Deutsche Bank told SPIEGEL.
Where appropriate, appropriate consequences have been drawn - and will continue to do so in the future.
»At the same time, we refer to the decision of the labor court, which in the first instance dismissed both the dismissal protection suit and the related suit under the General Equal Treatment Act.
Beyond that, we don't want to comment on personnel issues. "
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