Married fashion executive, 38, reveals the desperate step she took to ward off creepy boss, 83, with a passion for blondes and a colleague's disgusting remark when she received special attention

A joined manner executive has claimed she made a hopeless effort to ward disconnected her creepy octogenarian leader pinch a passion for blondes.

Stephanie Copin, a 38-year-old mother-of one, alleges successful a caller suit that she was sexually harassed by her leader Manny Haber, 83, at Manhattan coat-maker Fleet Street.

When she was yet fixed a coveted office, 1 worker moreover said, 'The young blonde gets what she wants by her daddy,' according to a suit revenge successful Brooklyn Supreme Court connected Friday.

The alleged harassment yet became untenable - prompting Copin to dye her hair brownish successful an effort to look little charismatic to nan Fleet Street CEO and President.

But her efforts only led her to beryllium assaulted and fired, Copin claims.

Copin claims successful her suit that nan intersexual harassment began erstwhile she first went for an question and reply to activity astatine nan overgarment maker.

Haber conducted nan interview, and nan first point he told Copin was, 'Wow, you are [a] show to see,' according to nan lawsuit.

Throughout nan interview, he would regularly make comments like, 'Do you person different friends for illustration you? That you tin bring to nan company?' it alleges.

After he vanished questioning Copin - and had her exemplary 1 of nan jackets - nan vice president of income began to mobility her arsenic well, and informed Copin, 'He likes erstwhile you effort connected things for him, truthful proceed to do that.

'The past woman that was present had a problem pinch it,' nan vice president allegedly told Copin.

She was past hired arsenic an relationship executive successful complaint of The FRYE Company's relationship astir 1 week later - and almost arsenic soon arsenic she started, Copin said she heard different labor make comments for illustration 'Oh, what a surprise, different blonde,' and 'Oh, he decidedly has a type.'

As she continued to activity astatine nan overgarment manufacturer, Copin claimed Haber would support her successful his agency and would put his manus connected her thigh 'and dress he was conscionable scooting complete aliases needed to spot better,' nan suit states.

He would besides regularly remark connected Copin's appearance, telephone her aft work, inquire her retired for drinks - which she kept dodging - and would support asking her to exemplary outerwear - utilizing her modeling arsenic a pretext to look astatine her breasts, it claims.

Haber moreover allegedly lured Copin backmost to his Brooklyn apartment, pursuing an after-hours activity gathering astatine The Plaza hotel

He told Copin his driver would bring her backmost to her location successful Clifton, New Jersey, earlier he was dropped astatine his apartment, nan tribunal documents say.

But alternatively they arrived astatine Haber's home, and he allegedly cajoled Copin to spot his spot - claiming they would not beryllium unsocial because nan housekeeper was there.

Once inside, Haber allegedly coaxed Copin into his chamber to show her his position of nan metropolis from his window.

He is past accused of exposing himself to Copin, and grabbing her hand, forcing her to touch his penis. 

Copin said she froze astatine first, earlier she realized that if she did not act, she mightiness beryllium raped.

'She pushed him disconnected and ran retired of nan room,' tribunal documents allege.

'I was shaking, it was a blur for maine stepping retired of that building,' she recounted to nan New York Post. 

'I still didn't understand what had happened to me. I conscionable wanted to get home.'

But erstwhile she arrived backmost astatine her New Jersey house, she said, she could not carnivore to look astatine her young son. 

'I went consecutive to nan shower,' Copin said. '[Then] I hid myself successful my room.'

She added that she decided not to show her hubby astatine nan time, because he was already suspicious that she was cheating connected him owed to Haber's deficiency of activity boundaries - including by calling her aft hours.

Following nan incident, Copin says she cried aggregate times astatine activity - but nan harassment did not stop, pinch Haber allegedly grabbing her butt successful beforehand of co-workers.

She said she yet asked Haber to extremity asking her retired because 'I really for illustration my job, and I don't want this to interfere pinch my work.'

But he threateningly responded, 'It won't spell good for you my dear,' according to nan tribunal documents.

'He started being really nasty to me,' Copin told nan Post.

'[He] ne'er acknowledged what he did, ne'er apologized. It was difficult to spell mundane and look astatine him, and him trying to get maine successful a position wherever he could erstwhile again touch maine and grope me.'

She said she 'wanted to discontinue each day,' noting that Haber began to 'humiliate' her successful beforehand of her colleagues.

By November 16, 2023, nan suit claims, Haber fired Copin.

Earlier that day, she said, he had called a company-wide gathering wherever he 'ridiculed' her and called her 'incompetent' successful beforehand of her co-workers.

Copin said nan incident has torn her life isolated some financially and personally.

She told nan Post she has not been capable to find a occupation since, and is now getting a divorce.

Meanwhile, she has been forced to activity curen successful therapy arsenic she continues to outcry astatine random times and suffers from debased self-esteem.

She besides said that contempt being a erstwhile bleached blonde, she has decided to stay a brunette because 'I don't moreover want to beryllium looked at.'

Her lawyer Mark Shirian said he and his customer are now 'seeking justness and accountability' for her mistreatment astatine nan company.

'Stephanie bravely stood up to inappropriate advances and faced retailiation by Mr. Haber arsenic a result,' Shirian said.

'This behaviour is unacceptable and a clear usurpation of her rights.' 

DailyMail.com has reached retired to Fleet Street and Haber for comment.