Last Wednesday (really, it was just last Wednesday), the world was introduced to Debrahlee Lorenzana, the woman claiming she was fired from her job as a “business banker” at Citi for being too hot. Her former employer allegedly told her to tone down said hotness by wearing clothes that didn’t highlight what her lawyer, Jack Tuckner, has probably said at some point are her “sweet tits and rockin’ ass.” Lorenzana refused, citing heritage. “Where I’m from,” she said, “women dress up—like put on makeup and do their nails—to go to the supermarket. And I’m not talking trashy, you know, like in the Heights. I was raised very Latin, you know? We’re feminine. A woman in Puerto Rico takes care of herself. The Puerto Rican women here put down our flag.” She was ultimately transferred to another branch (by her request) and soon after fired.
Whereas other attorneys and their clients might have chosen to settle this sort of thing quietly, such is not Debs and Tuckner’s style. They went with the soft-core spread in the Village Voice, which included various shots of Lorenzana around “the office” in order to demonstrate she was appropriately attired at all times. They’ve done the rounds at the Post, the Daily News and the Nightly News. They’ve also offered statements like “Debrahlee Lorenzana would be very attractive in a burka” and “I’m not going to go eat and gain 50 or 100 pounds because my job wants me to be the same size as everyone else,” in addition to rounding up a bunch of one-time customers of Debs to say stuff like, “Whew, she was a hot one” and “Yes, she ‘distracted’ me, if ya know what I mean.” It’s unclear how these exercises and testimonials might help Lorenzana actually win her case, but they have been fun! One person, however, has had enough. His name is James Dimon and like the (really hot) dad who comes into the room to put his foot down when everyone’s gotten out of control, JD has supposedly communicated to “Toots over here” that he’s had enough.
Debrahlee Lorenzana filed a lawsuit saying she was booted from her job at Citibank for being too sexy in her work clothes, and now says she faces the firing line again from her bosses at Chase for sullying the reputation of the financial industry.The Queens stunner said she was told that if she went ahead with scheduled television interviews today to talk about her suit, she’d once again be without a job.
“They asked me if I was going to proceed. They said if I kept talking, it was grounds for termination,” Lorenzana, 33, told The Post yesterday. The trouble began Thursday at her new job as a personal banker at a Chase branch in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, when stories about her suit against Citibank appeared in the newspapers, she said. Her boss said Citibank is upset about all the interviews and that the hush order came from CEO Jamie Dimon, the single mom said. “I said, ‘I’m going to speak to the media — this has nothing to do with you.’ “
First, clueless waste of air and print. let’s move on and not glorify her hope to get a maxim spread.
@ 1 stuff it. This was a great post, well done.
This woman singlehandedly bestows class on all the Puerto Ricans.
“Should we host the interview at my house?” –LB
Expose on Jack Tuckner, including how he wears studded collars to the office while harassing the PYTs.
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2008/06/womens_rights_lawyer_really_li.html
Jamie Dimon should shut the hell up and fix the oil spill already.
Maybe Lloyd will take her ?
A hot girl in Williamsburg, how ironic.
-Williamsburg Hipster Emo Gay
2nd @ 5.
There can only be one person of “hotness” at JPM/Chase and you all know who that is.
~JD
An alleged illegal Georgia tire dumper telling a hottie to shut up. Why am I not surprised?
Don’t know where to put this but is Mandy wearing her “Handbridge” blouse today?
Lloyd, please knock Jamie in the face with your golden scrotum. Bess, make it so.
In the grand banking orgy, tellers only get the kind of respect given a common prostitute: The quick recognition that the daily take was good.
@2
Class and puerto ricans don’t belong in the same sentance…besides this one.
Don’t know why but the phrase “sullying the reputation of the financial industry” made me laugh.
-guest
I think the way to solve this issue is to have Ms. Lorenzana wear a typical work day’s attire and board a flight to somewhere on a Southwest Airlines jet. If the Southwest flight attendants don’t kick her off for what she is wearing, then Citi and Jamie should just shut up.
Wanna hear a joke?
Women’s rights.
Are they going to make a porno with her or what?
c’mon, just roll the cameras and see what kind of work she can do.
http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMTc5NjE0OTM2.html
@13 – haha well played
http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6556649n&tag=related;photovideo
Obama’s fault
maximum spread
@15. Ditto. The financial industry no longer has any reputation to sully.
@11 I was thinking the same thing. I think that’s gotta be the original.
Don’t be stupid. I talk good and everything!
Class and puerto ricans don’t belong in the same sentance?
Straight outta Harlem, I’m a sensy ass Latina
Got a piano playing pig, yo, I’m dressing like Xena
- LF
@26 – I think someone needs to post another Mandy screen cap so we can compare and contrast today’s out fit with the Handbridge one. If I had a DVR on the office TV I’d do it myself.
What a little minx, she knows exactly who her audience is.
A T&A post gets 10x as many comments as a much more interesting Bernie Madoff post? I guess Bernie has to get sodomized in the stir to get DB traffic?
P.S. The ethnic slurs demonstrate serious dickheadedness.
@30 – I’m starting a puerto-rican only client focused hedge fund honing in on companies that produce hub cabs, gold jewelry and hair gel – collectively.
She can work at CNBC!
@30 You’re new here, right?
@30 Welcome to Earth.
soooooo nervous
She could be a lady boy
does the SEC pay performance bonuses based on finage? (not on the CFA cirriculum)
@31
Don’t forget to buy shares of G&G (etc).
@36 makes a good point.
have lisa falcone scratch her eyes out.
She was a Boom Boom Room veteran.
this woman is what the subprime is in trouble
Ummm, did it ever occur to you that you might have gotten fired for being stupid?
Lady boy=transvestite or transexual?
Afraid to look it up because don’t want porn sites to pop up at work
People should stop referring to this woman as a “banker”. She’s a teller. That’s retail not finance.
That’s right PR women here put down our flags BECAUSE WE ARE NEW YORK, TEXAS, CALIFORNIA, ETC!!!! NOT PUERTO RICO!!!! YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL PUERTO RICAN WOMAN AND YOU ARE DONE IN THE CORPORATE WORLD!!!! Anyone who goes knocking on your door for endorsements of a product I will BE THE FIRST to protest!!! AS A PUERTO RICAN WOMAN WHO ROSE UP THE CORPORATE LADDER BASED ON EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE AND FOLLOWING COMPANY GUIDELINES YOU JUST SET US BACKWARDS 5,000 STEPS!!!! GO TO HELL YOU TRAMP!
So she broke company policy again. Her requested time for a day off was denied and she basically told them kiss my arse I am going on TV whether you like it or not and taking the day off. Girly, even unemployment would deny your claim based on that action. I read about Tuckner (what a year ago or two?) and I believed the employee who sued. Her story was by far more plausible especially after bits of evidence were printed in the paper. Scum likes scum. Maybe Jack will be her pimp after this is over because she’s not getting a dime (I HOPE!)
And for the record people “The Heights is Dominican” and NOT “Puerto Rican.” It has been for more than a decade. I must now wonder if this woman is in fact Puerto Rican. We are raised to dress as nice as possible regardless of how poor you are, BUT NEVER about nails and so forth and I’m way older than you lady and none of us WERE EVER TOLD THAT. You must be a half blood! My parents believe you are lying period and not of PR decent. I hope they are right you disgraceful piece of garbage. Even if your story is true look at how you are flaunting yourself in skimpy outfits on the net. A real PR household would NEVER RAISE THERE DAUGHTERS TO CONDUCT THEMSELVES IN SUCH A MANNER!
@20 LOL
Being a cocktail waitress would be a huge career advance for this chick.
“Where I’m from,” she said, “women dress up—like put on makeup and do their nails—to go to the supermarket.
Well this aint home.
Oh Toto, I don’t think we’re in Puerto Rico no more.
Dont fuck with JD bitch!
Anyone that has to explicitly state they they are ‘classy’ is clearly not. She looks like a stripper on her way to pick up her baby daddy’s baby from Sunday School.
But I would still wreck her so bad…
Did you hear her speak. OMG, she’s barely dressed and she can barely speak english