involved publishing
No. 10-5649
Theus v. Glaxosmithkline


nude photos and engaging in live video broadcasts. Her coworkers eventually found out, and by July

of 2007, Theus started to experience problems at work.

       Theus claims that the problems constituted sexual harassment. On October 3, 2007, in a

meeting with Todd Russell, GSK’s Human Resource Advisor, Theus complained that her coworkers

teased her, they joked about putting a nail under her tire, two female coworkers had called her “bitch,

whore, and slut,” a female coworker had threatened to fight her, several coworkers had followed her

home, and several coworkers had teased her regarding her fiancé. R. 29, Ex. 2 (Russell Decl. at

¶ 10).1 Theus told Russell that this made her “angry with her co-workers.” Id.

       Followingthe policy and attended a

training. R. 29, Ex. 2 (Russell Decl. at Ex. A, B).

       On November 11, 2007, Theus took a medical leave of absence. Theus returned to work

around March 24, 2008, at which point Michael Smith first became her immediate supervisor. By

the first week of April, Russell had received complaints both from Theus and about Theus. Theus

complained to Smith that someone had broken into her locker and that her coworkers followed her

home after work. Smith twice emailed his supervisors, Scott Martin and Troy Hudson, to report her

complaint, as well as several complaints he had received from coworkers that Theus had pushed

them into lockers and made statements about guns. Smith’s supervisors contacted Russell in HR,


      