A man shot himself for urinating in the lobby of a New York hotel, attacking a former employer

Richard Becker’s bladder problems, from which he says he has suffered since 2016, are treated by a urologist and legally considered a disability.

The man wants $1.5 million. A New York computer salesman with bladder problems had to urinate so much after a work dinner in February that he relieved himself in the lobby of his hotel. Fired, he sued his employer Lenovo.

In a complaint filed on Friday August 23 in a court in New York and consulted by AFP, Richard Becker, 66 years old and who lives in the peninsula Long Island, “demands a trial by jury” and claims the amount from the American subsidiary of the Chinese computer giant.

To put it mildly, this lawsuit appeared on Friday night with the tabloid New York Post alleging “discrimination based on disability in violation of human rights laws” in New York.

“false investigation”

According to the account given in the complaint by his lawyer Alexander Sakin, Richard Becker was overcome one night in February by an irresistible urge to sew while returning from dinner which Lenovo organized, 800 meters from his Westin hotel, near the famous Times Square intersection in Manhattan.

“Overwhelmed” by the desire, “Richard Becker then has to carefully urinate on the floor (of the hotel lobby) before he can reach the toilet in time,” admitted the lawyer.

However, in the middle of urination, the sixty-year-old man was caught in the act by a colleague who, “out of sheer malice and malice, told human resources, although not Richard Becker’s behavior had harmed a person”, I defended. Sacks.

“In a few days, he was fired by his employer after a bogus investigation by human resources that didn’t even question him” even though the incident had “no impact on his professional performance or Lenovo’s business, “he said. His client has been out of work since February.

According to the court document, Lenovo was aware of Richard Becker’s bladder problems, which he says he has suffered since 2016, which are treated by a urologist and legally considered a disability, which hired it in 2022.

The attorney concluded that “Lenovo’s actions violate the prohibition against discrimination on the basis of disability contained in the human rights laws of the State and the City of New York.”