

"We respect - and admire - her desire to stand up for herself and her family. Casa," a Quicken Loans company official said. Niemiec has been forced to endure at the hands of Mr. “There is no place in our society for the types of misogynistic, threatening and disrespectful comments that Mrs. In a statement issued Tuesday, Quicken Loans expressed support for Niemiec and denounced Casa. The lawsuit seeks a retraction of the videos, unspecified damages and attorney fees. Neither Peranio nor Walker are named as defendants in the lawsuit. The lawsuit includes screenshots of a lewd text chain about Niemiec that Casa sent to her husband and others, including Kevin Peranio, the chief lending officer at PRMG, and Ramon Walker, owner of Mount Diablo Lending.Īccording to the lawsuit, "Peranio and Walker recorded video clips of each of them viewing and reacting to Casa’s defamatory video clips and text messages in a disparaging, derisive and ridiculing manner.” Casa then sent the video clips to Niemiec's husband and others "in a deliberate effort to crowd shame" her, the suit says. "This should not be tolerated nor diminished nor brushed off as jokes or 'boys being boys' preying on the vulnerabilities of women," Niemiec's lawyer, Jason Hirsch, wrote in the lawsuit. More: Quicken Loans files IPO paperwork, will be called Rocket Companies More: Dan Gilbert guards Detroit headquarters in Quicken Loans IPO exploit the long and deeply disturbing history of boorish and misogynistic insults by men who seek to dominate and demean the role and place of women in society," states the lawsuit, which was filed July 10. "The defamatory video clips and text messages. The lawsuit called the texts "reprehensible and especially appalling during the #metoo era" and said that Casa and others targeted Niemiec "because of her gender." Give her my best." Added were numerous suggestive emojis. The next day, Casa sent the husband another text message: "How's Teresa. Give everyone my best! Can't (wait) to see you soon." He closed the text with a wink emoji. I'm really sorry that I hurt your feelings. Way to marry up.”Īccording to the lawsuit, Niemiec's lawyer demanded a retraction from Casa, but he allegedly mocked the couple instead, sending this text message on July 7 to her husband: It’s amazing that’s the girl who (performed oral sex) in college. Niemiec's wife," and degraded and humiliated them both through multiple "defamatory" text messages that he sent to her husband, including: Casa also has never met Niemiec, the suit states, but he "placed her in his crosshairs because she's Mr.
