Teen Sues McDonald’s Franchisee Over Sex With Boss

Law.com:

A teenage girl has sued the franchise owner of a McDonald’s restaurant in Coral Springs, Fla., following a nearly yearlong sexual relationship she had with a store manager that started when she was 15 years old and he was 22.

In her Broward Circuit Court suit filed last week, Jane Doe and her mother allege that Coral Springs-based franchisee Haronmar Inc. negligently trained and supervised store manager Hector Figueroa, now 24, who faces felony charges of lewd and lascivious battery. The suit claims Figueroa and Doe had sex in the manager’s office and on the roof.

‘When you send your child to her first job when she is 15, you certainly don’t expect anything like this,’ her mother, who did not want her daughter or herself to be identified, said in an interview. Her daughter, who’s now 17, is in therapy, she said.

Until last month, Haronmar owned and operated 5 McDonald’s restaurants in the Coral Springs area. Haronmar’s president, Brenda S. Wells, declined to comment or provide any information about her company. Haronmar’s attorney, Andrew B. Cripe, a partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson in Chicago, did not return calls for comment by deadline.