An Awkward One...

I can't wrap my head around how this could happen with so many people involved. Did not one person think this was wrong? 

Departing Employee Allowed to Sue Employer and Co-Workers Following Offensive, “Tea-Bagging” Incident (N.Y.)

Plaintiff alleged that on the night he worked his last shift with the employer—he had been hired for a position at another government agency—he was aggressively grabbed by a much larger co-employee, who picked up the plaintiff and forcibly threw him to the ground, at which point the co-employee held the plaintiff down and forced the plaintiff’s arms behind his back. Plaintiff alleged that at that same time, plaintiff’s supervisor came over and told the plaintiff that “he had a going away present for him.” According to the plaintiff, the supervisor then dropped his pants and got on his knees in front of plaintiff’s head, manipulated his genitals and placed his testicles on the back of plaintiff’s head, attempting to subject plaintiff to what plaintiff calls “tea bagging.” The court added that “tea-bagging” has been defined as a sexual act that involves an individual placing his testicles on the face of head of another person. Plaintiff also contended that the supervisor placed his unclothed penis on plaintiff’s head, that the several co-employees required plaintiff to stay in the position for several minutes, and allowed other employees, including another supervisor, to take pictures of the incident. The federal district court dismissed several of the counts in plaintiff’s complaint, but allowed the case to move forward.

Hoit v. Capital Dist. Transp. Auth., 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 93576 (N.D. N.Y., July 19, 2016).