Creator of “The Simpsons” Matt Groening is being dragged into court… as he is being sued for an alleged sexual assault involving two people who worked for him and his wife.
According to a new lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, a woman named Giavanna Scotto claims she worked as Matt’s house manager at his Santa Monica estate a few years ago and says complaints about sexual harassment at the hands of a co-worker were not taken seriously.
In her lawsuit, Scotto alleges the sexual harassment began early in her tenure … she says a co-worker aggressively grabbed her butt and breasts and kissed her on the mouth multiple times … all without her consent, she claims.
Additionally, Scotto claims that the same coworker bombarded her with inappropriate text messages… saying things like “hello honey,” “miss you,” “miss you so much, love you, hope you’re okay, love you, love you,” and “love you, how is our son?”
She claims that her colleague was not intimidated by her lack of responses… and that she “felt persecuted”.
In the documents, Scotto claims he complained to Matt and his wife, Agustina Picassoabout the alleged sexual assault and harassment… but she claims the couple “did not take appropriate corrective action” and that “Picasso clearly knew about the harassment and failed to act.”
Scotto says the lack of action only emboldened her alleged harasser… and she says he continued the same behavior through the end of her tenure and beyond. She claims Matt and Agustina suddenly fired her in June 2022 without warning or cause.
Matt and his wife are being sued for failure to prevent sexual harassment and failure to prevent sexual assault and battery — among other causes of action for workplace violations.
We’ve reached out to Matt’s camp… so far, no response.