This Guy Must be Gay

**Pedro56** · 02-26-07, 10:47 AM

'Make love to me, or you'll lose your job'
Male state worker sues female boss

February 26, 2007
BY WHITNEY WOODWARD Sun-Times Springfield Bureau

A federal sexual harassment lawsuit filed by a $70,000-a-year male driver against a top female state administrator has cleared a legal hurdle and is set for trial.

The lawsuit by Carlos Estes, whose primary job was to chauffeur Department of Human Services chief of staff Teyonda Wertz, alleges Wertz propositioned him for sex when the two shared a hotel room on a two-day state business trip.

Estes, 36, also claims Wertz called him an "armpiece" and a "nice boy-toy" while serving as her personal assistant in 2003. Wertz, 58, denies the allegations in court filings. She declined to comment to the Sun-Times.

A federal judge last week rejected the state's bid to throw out the lawsuit and set a May 14 trial date in Chicago.

Estes and Wertz shared a Springfield hotel suite on a business trip in May 2003. Estes contends Wertz demanded he sleep with her.

"She said to me, 'You'll make love to me, or you'll lose your job,'" Estes said in a deposition.

'I was scared'
Estes said he rebuffed her advance while both lay in the same hotel bed. When asked why he didn't move to a sofa in the suite, Estes said, "I was scared."

DHS Secretary Carol Adams, a close friend of Wertz, fired Estes less than a month after the alleged encounter.

The stated reason for his firing was misuse of a state vehicle. Estes allegedly parked a state car in a restricted lot at O'Hare Airport while on vacation. He had already been reprimanded for using a state car for personal business, court records show.

Wertz denied ever propositioning Estes or asking him to share a bed with her. Wertz said she regrets sharing a hotel suite with him -- a move she said was necessary because the hotel was fully booked.

"There was nowhere else for him to sleep, and there was a pull-out couch in the living room," the $93,600-a-year chief of staff said in her deposition.

The suit claims Wertz acted jealously after learning Estes was in a relationship with a woman in March or April 2003. A few weeks later, Wertz was "frantically crying, emotional, and said to me 'I need you to be there for me,'" Estes said in a deposition.

A spokesman for DHS would not comment on the Estes lawsuit.

Adams once disciplined her chief of staff for instructing Estes to pick up her dry cleaning on state time, court records show. Wertz has gone by a handful of names, has an undisclosed criminal conviction and holds several Social Security numbers, court documents show.

Estes also has three convictions from the early 1990s.

**BEB** · 02-26-07, 01:41 PM

Teyonda Wertz

Like you didn't wonder what she looked like too as you read it.

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/organizat...ry/chiefStaff/

**keith720** · 02-26-07, 03:48 PM

Kinda looks like Leon Spinks with a new set of dentures!

**gozling** · 02-26-07, 03:52 PM

ROFLMAO... sorry but this is some funny stupid shit

**Buttercup** · 02-26-07, 03:57 PM

Originally Posted by keith758

Kinda looks like Leon Spinks with a new set of dentures!

And a Tina Turner wig!

**Copper51** · 02-26-07, 04:00 PM

They both sound like some real winners. You don't have to be gay to pass that up.

**countybear** · 02-26-07, 04:01 PM

**Rhino** · 02-26-07, 05:43 PM

Originally Posted by BugEyedBeast

Teyonda Wertz

Like you didn't wonder what she looked like too as you read it.

http://www.dhs.state.il.us/organizat...ry/chiefStaff/

In all fairness- if THAT started hitting on me, I'd be scared too.

**andy_koolkid** · 02-26-07, 06:23 PM

id do it in fear of losing my job, or maybe getting a raise or promotion. the guy coulda had some benefits. lol

**foxxymomma50** · 02-26-07, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by Copper51

They both sound like some real winners. You don't have to be gay to pass that up.

I couldn't have said it better myself!

**Pedro56** · 02-26-07, 08:43 PM

Listen if there was a chance to get a raise and it meant to hit my female boss I could withstand a nasty one night stand. I know I have been in worse places.

**keith720** · 02-27-07, 02:47 PM

Originally Posted by Pedro56

Listen if there was a chance to get a raise and it meant to hit my female boss I could withstand a nasty one night stand. I know I have been in worse places.

So, now your picky and it has to be "Female" boss! When did that change?

**Pedro56** · 02-27-07, 04:33 PM

After I met your daughters dad.

**keith720** · 02-27-07, 05:07 PM

I'll admit it: My daughters could turn a Gay man straight! Thankfully they take after their Mom.

**JLK** · 02-27-07, 05:55 PM

i thought this was going to be about brad.

Department of Human Services chief of staff Teyonda Wertz
$93,600-a-year
Wertz has gone by a handful of names, has an undisclosed criminal conviction and holds several Social Security numbers, court documents show.

Estes also has three convictions from the early 1990s.

sounds like they will hire anybody.