So look no further that the Old Gay Lady (oops, the Old Gray Lady) for an lurid tales of sexual harassment and other lewd office behavior.
The Gray Lady should blush.
A lawsuit by a New York Times employee paints a disturbing portrait of a workplace rife with sexual harassment - including an alleged incident of office cubicle masturbation - and age discrimination.
Charles Cretella, 57, who has worked for decades creating summaries of Times stories, is fighting back after he says he was falsely charged with sexually harassing a 33-year-old male co-worker.
"There was nothing sexual going on in any way, shape or form," said Cretella, who adds that he's straight. "I'm a team player. ... This is ridiculous."
Cretella is most upset that, after 40 years at The Times, he was passed over for a promotion because of the allegations and alleged age discrimination.
"After all these years of being loyal, I deserved it," he said. The lawsuit, filed in Brooklyn Supreme Court last week, says The Times discriminated based on age and "perceived" sexual orientation.
"This guy's been there 40 years and they are treating him like a leper," said his lawyer Michael Borrelli.
Cretella says his troubles started in 2006 when the other employee was hired and Cretella was asked to train him.
The new guy would walk close by after lunch breaks and whisper things like, "Did you miss me?" the lawsuit says.
The two became friends, with Cretella giving him a hand-me-down jacket, letting him use his personal coffee machine and giving him some of the candy he often kept at his desk.
In June 2006, the younger employee "started to act inappropriately more consistently" and once rubbed himself through his pants for 20 minutes in his cubicle, the lawsuit says.
Cretella was later charged with sexual harassment, with one supervisor saying it was "one of the worst sexual harassment cases" she'd ever encountered.
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