Spencer Baumgarten, who was fired last week, is suing for whistleblower retaliation, defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress, among other claims.
Former ICM Partners motion picture co-head Spencer Baumgarten, who was terminated from his role in early October, is suing the agency., ICM is being accused of whistleblower retaliation, defamation, invasion of privacy and infliction of emotional distress, among other claims.
In his complaint, filed Friday in Los Angeles County Superior Court, Baumgarten says that he was "humiliated and mortified" in August when Ballard called him to inquire whether he defecated on the floor of a gender-neutral bathroom in the agency's New York office. According to the complaint, Baumgarten stated, "this is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard."
An agency assistant was in the room during the video conference, and despite Baumgarten's firm denial, he says that the rumor continued to spread around the agency over the next month. After Baumgarten complained to ICM general counsel Rick Levy that he would seek counsel on the matter, he was fired a week later.
Meanwhile, a few days after the meeting with Ballard, Baumgarten met with managing director Chris Silbermann, wherein the latter expressed that the agency was letting him go. "I've been wanting to have this conversation," Silbermann said, according to the lawsuit. "We're 16 months out on your contact [sic]. It is just not really working… I want to give you enough time to help you transition.
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