Ex-DMCare Express Ambulance Workers Allege Sexual Harassment

Updated: Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011, 5:32 PM EST
Published : Tuesday, 22 Nov 2011, 5:32 PM EST

* Alexis Wiley

By ALEXIS WILEY
WJBK | myFOXDetroit.com

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (WJBK) – An ambulance service for the DMC is facing some serious allegations. A lawsuit claims workers and supervisors acted inappropriately on the job. Three women have come forward saying they were sexually harassed and it happened a lot.

“I had asked to get some equipment from my truck that was in lockup. I told Adam that I needed it and he told me I could have it, but I’d have to show him my breasts first,” said Cassandra Drew.

“I woke up from a nap once with Adam straddling over me,” said Kimm Flynn.

“He calls for my attention. I turn around and he’s clearly exposed,” said Amanda Huber.

These women claim the people behind these disgusting allegations were supervisors. They worked at DMCare Express, an ambulance company based in Detroit. They say while they were working to save lives, their bosses were targeting them for sex and ignored their calls for help.

“To know that my supervisors looked upon me as basically a piece of meat, it was absolutely humiliating,” Flynn explained.

She claims one of her supervisors sent her a text message asking for a birthday lap dance in his office.

Meanwhile, Huber says another supervisor started touching himself while they were in an ambulance.

“It’s not like I can jump out of the ambulance in the middle of my shift in the middle of Detroit,” she told reporters.

FOX 2 asked Huber what the reaction was when she reported the incident.

“There wasn’t any reaction at all,” she responded.

Each of them say they were fired after they reported the harassment.

DMCare Express released a statement that says, in part, “Contrary to the allegations, DMCare Express did not discipline or discharge any employee as a result of reporting sexual harassment. Did not fail to act quickly or responsively once allegations were reported, and does not foster a workplace where harassment of any kind is permitted.”

However, these women aren’t buying that and they’ve hired attorney Brian Dailey to prove that in court.

“If there [are] allegations where the employees were being assaulted and molested and harassed, it seems like it ought to be something that is subject to some investigation. We’re asking anybody who is in the public who is aware of any circumstances like this with DMCare Express to come forward and let us know,” he said.