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<table bgcolor="#ffeeee"><tr><td>Bank girl fired for wearing clothes that were too sexy
A banker claims she was sacked for wearing clothes that were too sexy.
Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, said she was fired by Citibank because her pencil skirts and fitted suits distracted male colleagues.
She was told not to wear high heels because they drew attention to her figure and stopped men from working, according to a lawsuit.
Other female colleagues who wore similar clothes did not cause a problem because they were not as attractive as her, it was claimed.
Miss Lorenzana, a single mother whose father is Puerto Rican and whose mother is Italian, worked at Citibank in New York.
She is suing Citigroup – the group which owns Citibank – for sexual harassment. The company denies any wrongdoing.
Her lawyer said she ‘was punished because her male bosses couldn’t handle their libidos’.
Of her figure, he added: ‘Debrahlee Lorenzana would be very attractive in a burkha.’
Miss Lorenzana, who is 5ft 6in and weighs nine stone, started work as a £45,000-a-year business banking officer at Citibank’s Chrysler Building branch in Manhattan in September 2008.
She is a self-confessed shopaholic with five closets full of designer labels, but shops for office clothes at the high street chain Zara.
Shortly after she began working at Citibank, her bosses began making sexist comments about her appearance, she claimed.
Her lawsuit alleges she was ordered to: ‘Refrain from wearing certain items of clothing, in particular, turtleneck tops, pencil skirts, fitted business suits, or other properly tailored clothing.
‘In blatantly discriminatory fashion, the plaintiff was advised that as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly “too distracting” for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear.’
When she pointed out that other women workers wore similar clothing, her concerns were dismissed.
‘Their general unattractiveness rendered moot their sartorial choices, unlike the plaintiff,’ the lawsuit alleges.
Miss Lorenzana was also told that ‘as a result of her tall stature, coupled with her curvaceous figure, she should not wear classic high-heeled business shoes, as this purportedly drew attention to her body in a manner that was upsetting to her easily distracted male managers’.
She complained to human resources in May last year, but was sacked in August.
Speaking after the lawsuit was filed, she said: ‘Never did I ever show cleavage. I like fashion, but I always dressed professionally.
‘I can’t help it that I have curves. And I’m not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else.’
Last month, Miss Lorenzana had a gender-discrimination lawsuit dismissed.
Citigroup said her latest legal action was ‘without merit’.
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A banker claims she was sacked for wearing clothes that were too sexy.
Debrahlee Lorenzana, 33, said she was fired by Citibank because her pencil skirts and fitted suits distracted male colleagues.
She was told not to wear high heels because they drew attention to her figure and stopped men from working, according to a lawsuit.
Other female colleagues who wore similar clothes did not cause a problem because they were not as attractive as her, it was claimed.
Miss Lorenzana, a single mother whose father is Puerto Rican and whose mother is Italian, worked at Citibank in New York.
She is suing Citigroup – the group which owns Citibank – for sexual harassment. The company denies any wrongdoing.
Her lawyer said she ‘was punished because her male bosses couldn’t handle their libidos’.
Of her figure, he added: ‘Debrahlee Lorenzana would be very attractive in a burkha.’
Miss Lorenzana, who is 5ft 6in and weighs nine stone, started work as a £45,000-a-year business banking officer at Citibank’s Chrysler Building branch in Manhattan in September 2008.
She is a self-confessed shopaholic with five closets full of designer labels, but shops for office clothes at the high street chain Zara.
Shortly after she began working at Citibank, her bosses began making sexist comments about her appearance, she claimed.
Her lawsuit alleges she was ordered to: ‘Refrain from wearing certain items of clothing, in particular, turtleneck tops, pencil skirts, fitted business suits, or other properly tailored clothing.
‘In blatantly discriminatory fashion, the plaintiff was advised that as a result of the shape of her figure, such clothes were purportedly “too distracting” for her male colleagues and supervisors to bear.’
When she pointed out that other women workers wore similar clothing, her concerns were dismissed.
‘Their general unattractiveness rendered moot their sartorial choices, unlike the plaintiff,’ the lawsuit alleges.
Miss Lorenzana was also told that ‘as a result of her tall stature, coupled with her curvaceous figure, she should not wear classic high-heeled business shoes, as this purportedly drew attention to her body in a manner that was upsetting to her easily distracted male managers’.
She complained to human resources in May last year, but was sacked in August.
Speaking after the lawsuit was filed, she said: ‘Never did I ever show cleavage. I like fashion, but I always dressed professionally.
‘I can’t help it that I have curves. And I’m not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else.’
Last month, Miss Lorenzana had a gender-discrimination lawsuit dismissed.
Citigroup said her latest legal action was ‘without merit’.
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