Detroit- A bar in Fenton partly owned by former Red Wing Joe Kocur was a den of public sex, lewd displays and underage and after-hours drinking, according to a lawsuit filed by a former employee in Genesee Circuit Court.
Wanda Richardson, a mother of five, claims she lost her job at Joe and Lewie’s Penalty Box Sports Tavern after refusing to cover up the activities, her attorney, Deborah L. Gordon of Bloomfield Hills, said Monday.
“We even have photos of things like the ‘Dirty Dancing Contest,'” Gordon said.
Richardson alleges that women who worked at the bar were subjected to unwanted touching, women patrons were solicited for sex, and men and women exposed themselves.
“When my client complained about this behavior, and said she would not lie about it to a state agency investigating a complaint made by another employee, she was demoted to the day shift where there was much less business,” Gordon said.
Richardson says she ultimately was forced to resign. Another co-owner with Kocur, former Red Wings player and head coach Dave Lewis, was not named as a defendant in the suit.
The attorney for Kocur and three co-defendants, Al Addis of Mt. Clemens, could not be reached for comment.
In published reports earlier, however, Addis said his clients deny all of Richardson’s allegations and will defend themselves vigorously.
