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ATLANTA GA Nov 10 2012 (AP) — A former female employee has filed a policecomplaint alleging the CEO of Waffle House demanded she perform sexual acts onhim in exchange for keeping her job.The woman told Atlantapolice the alleged harassment by Joseph Rogers Jr. lasted for nearly 10 years,from 2003 through June of this year. The Associated Press does not identifyalleged victims of sexual harassment.David Cohen, who identified himself as a lawyer representingthe woman, told the AP that the man cited in the police report is the CEO ofWaffle House, a company based in metro Atlanta.And the home address given for Rogers in the police report matches that listedon the Federal Election Commission's website alongside donations the CEO madeto unsuccessful presidential candidate Mitt Romney in June 2011 and May of thisyear.Police would not confirm that the Joseph Rogers Jr. cited in their report is the CEO.They said Thursday that they are investigating the allegations, but no chargeshave been filed. A lawyer for Rogersdid not return a telephone call and email from the AP on Thursday.
The police report quotes the woman as saying that Rogers tried to force herto have sex with him despite her repeated protests. She said that he alsotouched her breasts, tried to remove her clothes, made lewd comments, andinsisted she perform sex acts on him at least once or twice a month. The woman,who identified herself as a single mother, told police she stayed in the joband endured the alleged harassment because she couldn't find other employmentwith comparable pay. She said she gave Rogersa letter of resignation in June after her son secured a full collegescholarship.The woman filed her complaint after walking into an Atlanta police precinctabout midnight on Sept. 28, according to the police report. Cohen said hecouldn't comment further on the case because of a judge's order.The Marietta Daily Journalreported that Rogerssued the woman in Cobb County Superior Court on Sept. 14, but that thedocuments had been sealed and both sides agreed not to speak to the news media.The newspaper added that the woman filed a lawsuit against Rogers in Fulton County State Court on Sept.19, but documents in that case were also sealed.Robert Ingram, whom the newspaper identified as a lawyer forRogers, did notreturn a telephone call and email from the AP on Thursday evening. Thenewspaper quoted Ingram as saying that Rogers'"version of events is much different" than the woman's.No one answered a cellphone listed to Rogers and a phone number listed for WaffleHouse's headquarters rang unanswered.