Debra Jones, a banker at Truist Financial institution in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, filed a grievance in opposition to the corporate final month, citing discrimination beneath the People with Disabilities Act. Per the lawsuit, Jones has a analysis of main depressive dysfunction, generalized nervousness dysfunction, and autoimmune dysfunction vitiligo, one thing she stated the corporate knew.

Within the docs, shared in full by WBTV 3, Jones claims that in June 2024 her supervisor “positioned a Chucky doll – the doll that kills individuals” in her workplace chair. The transfer, per the go well with, not solely “interfered with” Jones’ coaching, but additionally “prompted hurt to [Jones] disabilities, worsened her medical situation and prompted [Jones] to hunt speedy medical consideration.”

Jones claims the supervisor “laughed when he noticed [Jones] response to the Chucky doll,” earlier than saying that the supervisor “was conscious of her disabilities” previous to the incident and was additionally “conscious of her worry of dolls and the way her worry of dolls negatively affected her disabilities.” Jones stated she informed the supervisor this “when he had invited [Jones] to his house for a staff cookout.”

The lady stated she was “handled by her medical supplier on the identical day of the Chucky doll incident,” earlier than she was then placed on 8-week medical go away “to deal with her disabilities.” She additionally claimed “she was newly identified with post-traumatic stress dysfunction (‘PTSD’) after the Chucky doll incident.”

When she later returned to work, she stated she obtained an lodging to go away work early 3 times every week for autoimmune dysfunction remedy — claiming the remedy “was for flare ups that began on account of the Chucky doll incident.”

Upon her return, a brand new supervisor was allegedly assigned to her, however she claims the discriminatory remedy continued. She claimed she was “handled totally different than her coworkers when she made errors,” believing “she was subjected to disparate remedy based mostly on her disabilities.”

Jones additionally stated the brand new supervisor would focus on her “accredited affordable lodging with the staff” — and claimed one other supervisor informed her that her early exits for remedy had been “affecting [Jones’] coworkers as a result of in addition they wanted break day.” The docs declare the supervisor then informed her they did not consider “this job was the appropriate match” and that Jones “can’t maintain utilizing her nervousness and emotional issues as an excuse.” Jones stated she was given one month to “enhance” … however she once more “suffered a number of panic assaults on account of the conferences” with administration.

Jones stated that after assembly together with her medical supplier, she was “taken out of labor for remedy of her disabilities.” Per the docs, she was later informed by administration to “come get her private belongings” from the workplace.

On account of the alleged conduct, she stated she suffered “extreme emotional misery” and can “proceed to undergo emotional ache and struggling, inconvenience, embarrassment [and] psychological anguish.” She’s searching for compensatory damages.

Truist Financial institution has not but commented on the go well with.