Gay Novo Nordisk Director Fired for Harassment Lacks Bias Proof – Bloomberg Law

A gay man fired by Novo Nordisk Inc. from his job as the director of its diabetes education program for sexual harassment failed to convince a New Jersey federal judge he could prove his termination was prompted by sexual orientation discrimination and retaliation.

Bradley Etheridge didn’t come forward with enough evidence that an anti-gay bias drove the decision to fire him after a subordinate filed a #MeToo complaint against him, the US District Court for New Jersey said.

Novo Nordisk launched an investigation after Etheridge passed his complaint along to the drug maker, and after a second employee said she …