Nation IN BRIEF : NEW YORK : ‘Pet of the Year’ Wins $4 Million in Court
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Penthouse magazine’s 1975 “Pet of the Year” who sued publisher Bob Guccione for forcing her to sleep with some of his business associates was awarded $4 million. “Sexual slavery was not a part of her job description,” Acting state Supreme Court Justice Elliott Wilk said in awarding what was believed to be the largest amount in New York history for sexual harassment. Marjorie Lee Thoreson, 37, was under contract with Penthouse International Limited and was once Guccione’s live-in lover.
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