LAS VEGAS (AP) — A woman who says she regularly performed manicures on embattled casino mogul Steve Wynn on Tuesday filed a lawsuit accusing him of sexual misconduct and the company he founded of endorsing his behavior.
The unnamed manicurist is the latest woman to level accusations against the billionaire who resigned as chairman and CEO of Wynn Resorts last month. Women in lawsuits, police reports and news reports have described what amounts to a longstanding pattern of sexual misconduct on the part of Wynn.
According to the lawsuit filed in state court in Las Vegas, Wynn would place the hand being manicured over his genitals, making her "contact his genitals through his pants." She alleges Wynn would get angry or agitated if she objected or tried to remove his or her hand from his genitals.
"During manicures, (Wynn) would demand that Plaintiff's sit close and intertwine their legs so that Plaintiff's knee was touching (Wynn's) crotch," according to the lawsuit that also names Wynn Resorts, its board of directors and a managing director as defendants. The woman, who is still employed at Wynn Resorts, said she became a regular manicurist for Wynn in 2015.
She said she reported Wynn's behavior to Claude Baruk, managing director of the salons at the company's two casino-resorts in Las Vegas, but was ignored or casually dismissed. She alleges she also reported it to her supervisor and upper management and "was told the conduct would be stopped."