02-16-2025, 02:24 AM
Seems the complaints have escalated into a lawsuit against TSO and PRG. The tech worked for PRG but the situations happened in TSO's workplace and TSO "retained ultimate authority over all individuals who worked on their tours."
Independent Women’s client, Jessica Featherston, is a professional lighting technician who worked for PRG on eleven tours and events since 2015. In 2022, Michael Robertson, a male identifying as a woman, worked for a TSO partner company as a crew chief on the tour.
Independent Women’s lawsuit alleges that Robertson routinely violated workplace boundaries and repeatedly engaged in inappropriate and sexually harassing behavior and intimidation against Independent Women’s client. In addition, Robertson would deliberately wait in the bathroom until female crew members entered so that Robertson could shower naked with the women, including Ms. Featherston.
Independent Women’s lawsuit further alleges that TSO and PRG failed to address Featherston’s sexual harassment reports and retaliated against Independent Women’s client by removing her from the 2024 tour.
More on the situation:
https://www.iwf.org/2025/02/12/independe...arassment/
Link to the actual lawsuit:
https://iwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025...hestra.pdf
Independent Women’s client, Jessica Featherston, is a professional lighting technician who worked for PRG on eleven tours and events since 2015. In 2022, Michael Robertson, a male identifying as a woman, worked for a TSO partner company as a crew chief on the tour.
Independent Women’s lawsuit alleges that Robertson routinely violated workplace boundaries and repeatedly engaged in inappropriate and sexually harassing behavior and intimidation against Independent Women’s client. In addition, Robertson would deliberately wait in the bathroom until female crew members entered so that Robertson could shower naked with the women, including Ms. Featherston.
Independent Women’s lawsuit further alleges that TSO and PRG failed to address Featherston’s sexual harassment reports and retaliated against Independent Women’s client by removing her from the 2024 tour.
More on the situation:
https://www.iwf.org/2025/02/12/independe...arassment/
Link to the actual lawsuit:
https://iwlc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025...hestra.pdf