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Here’s what happens when a judge catches a plaintiff fabricating evidence of sexual harassment

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Spoiler alert: it often doesn’t end well for the plaintiff or their lawyer.

For example, let’s discuss this Second Circuit decision in which a plaintiff had sued her employer and two of its employees, asserting claims of sexual harassment during and retaliatory discharge from her employment.

For a time, it appeared the plaintiff had some smoking-gun evidence: a series of sexually suggestive text messages that one of the defendants allegedly sent to her. But the defendants called BS and sought sanctions against the plaintiff, her lawyer, and the lawyer’s law firm, contending that these text messages were a forgery.

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