The former manager of a McDonald's in Saint-Maximin (Oise) was sentenced Monday to 3 months in prison and a 500-euro fine by the Senlis criminal court for sexual harassment. Seven complaints had been filed against this 50-year-old man, Max B., for both sexual and moral harassment, between 2001 and 2019. But only one was taken into account by the court. For the others, the defendant was released "
for the benefit of the doubt
". "
It's a shame you're leaving. I will no longer see a nice ass to watch,
”he said to one of the employees who was leaving the company. "
You have a spanking head
," another young woman had heard. "
You have a beautiful ass, you must have a good fuck
" or "
Come, I'll show you how we can get to McDonald's,
”he also said, among the daily sexist reflections and proposals heard by the employees.
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“
It was known. He always had this kind of behavior,
”testified a staff representative, employee for 17 years. “
I came to work the ball in the stomach. I had warned the management but nothing was done
”, had also come to tell one of the victims during the hearing on November 8. The ex-manager, who resigned to work in another sign, had denied these accusations, denouncing a conspiracy. "
It is because I am demanding and that some employees do not support the rigor
", he declared at first. He then changed sides, explaining that one of the employees turned the others against him for refusing to apply a discount on his father's order.
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“
At McDonald's,
'come as you are
,' says the slogan.
My client, at the height of her 20 years, went there for her first professional experience.
She came out bruised with a lack of self-confidence because of the violent remarks of a manager
”, affirmed Me Maxime Gallier, lawyer of one of the plaintiffs.
He specified that his client was going to appeal, his client not having been recognized as a victim.
The defendant's lawyer, Me Alix Perot-Lecolier, had denounced "
a campaign of denigration
" against him.
"
There is no tangible element in this file
", she had estimated.
“
Moreover, he gives complete satisfaction to his new employer.
"
