Oregon woman sues saying landlord coerced her into sex to avoid eviction
Updated May 18, 2021;
The woman claims the company did nothing when alerted to the situation, The Register-Guard reported.
In a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Eugene in March, a woman claims Pinewood Properties owner and manager Richard Sorric coerced her into a sexual relationship to keep her home then retaliated and asked for back rent when she refused to keep having sex with him.
The suit uses a pseudonym, citing the nature of the allegations.
She started renting from Pinewood Properties in November 2018 and moved out of the property over a year ago, said Meredith Holley, her attorney.
Woman sues saying landlord coerced her into sex
May 18, 2021
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) A lawsuit filed by a woman who rented from a Bell Real Estate subsidiary alleges the property owner harassed her then coerced her into having sex with him to avoid eviction.
The woman claims the company did nothing when alerted to the situation, The Register-Guard reported.
In a federal lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in Eugene in March, a woman living in Lane County claims Pinewood Properties owner and manager Richard Sorric coerced her into a sexual relationship to keep her home then retaliated and asked for back rent when she refused to keep having sex with him.