Posted by Brooke Gilmore | May 12, 2021
After filing a lawsuit on May 11, four women and their lawyers held a virtual press conference to discuss their case against Buffalo Exchange (a retailer popular with Millenials) and Todd Colletti, the former owner and co-founder of Buffalo Exchange Colorado. Colletti allegedly sexually harassed and assaulted his employees, and the claimants say that Buffalo Exchange knew about and encouraged Colletti’s actions.
During the press conference, Alyssa Detert, Amanda Pruess, Clara Pruess, and Megan Parker spoke about the harassment they received while working at Buffalo Exchange Colorado locations. All of the survivors echoed stories of manipulation and grooming for sexual abuse and a work environment that allowed this all to occur. They said Buffalo Exchange was aware of Colletti’s behavior for several years and choose to do nothing. It was only until a survivor’s Instagram page was formed that the company stepped forward and claimed they w
Arizona-based Buffalo Exchange and former Colorado franchise co-owner Patrick Todd Colletti are among those being sued by four former employees nearly ten months after dozens of accusations of sexual assault and harassment, verbal abuse, physical assault and workplace cocaine use surfaced on the Instagram account Buffalo in the Room in late July 2020.
The eleven claims in the lawsuit, filed in Denver on May 11 by Lowrey Parady Lebsack, LLC, include allegtions of sexual assault, unlawful sexual contact, assault and battery, along with class-action violations of Colorado s anti-discrimination laws.
Shortly after the accusations against Colletti surfaced last summer, Buffalo Exchange s Arizona offices severed ties with the Colorado franchise stores in Boulder and Denver and stripped them of the right to use the brand name.
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