The report to Judge Douglas Harpool on the mediation results was filed this afternoon in U. S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Filings can resume in the lawsuit as of Thursday.
The lawsuit alleges Rangeline Sonic officials did nothing about a culture of sexual harassment and that inaction led to sexual assaults on two teenage girls, including the then 16-year-old carhop, by former supervisor Chris Alred.
Alred, 32, is scheduled to stand trial in April in Jasper County Circuit Court, on a felony statutory sodomy charge, for his alleged assault on the carhop.
Lawsuit defendants who were represented in the mediation session were the Rangeline Drive-In (dba Sonic), franchise owner D. I. Rogers Corporation and supervisors Frances Bentz and Chris Cote.
Not included are defendants Alred and manager Portland Keough.
Action in the lawsuit is being stayed until after the mediation session. If no agreement can be reached, the suit will continue.
Earlier posts
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Thirty minutes ago, I was attacked
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