EXCLUSIVE: Thom Davis, who soon will be stepping down as the longtime business manager of IATSE Grips Local 80, has been accused of covering up “lewd sexual misconduct” inside the local’s Burbank offices.The allegation is contained in a sensational wrongful-termination lawsuit filed by Michael Mendez, the local’s former assistant business representative, who claims he was fired while in February, while on Covid sick leave, in retaliation for complaining about the sexual harassment he allegedly witnessed.
Mendez, however, remains an elected member of Local 80’s executive board.Davis, Local 80 and Tommy Valentin, the local’s secretary-treasurer, are named as defendants in the lawsuit.
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