Thursday, October 3, 2013

Archie Comics employees file lawsuit against ‘bully’ boss


Six embattled employees of Archie Comics are asking a Westchester County court to act like a superhero and save the iconic American publication from demise at the hands of a bully boss.


The employees, including longtime editor Victor Gorelick, say the suit is a “last-ditch effort” to eject co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit from the Mamaroneck-based firm.



Archie Comics co-CEO Nancy Silberkleit in 2012.



“While World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan did not stop the publication of Archie Comics, the war-like attitude and approach of [Silberkleit] may destroy Archie Comics unless the court intervenes,” says the $ 32.5 million suit filed this week in Supreme Court.


“In a destructive, deceitful and deliberate manner, [Silberkleit] seeks . . . her self-promotion as the effective ‘Dictator’ over Archie Comics or in default of that, the demise of this iconic publication in American culture,” the suit alleges.


The employees claim Silberkleit even accused a cancer-stricken child visiting their offices through the Ronald McDonald Foundation of stealing comic character Betty Cooper’s wig, when in fact the staff had gifted it the girl whose hair was falling out.


The suit also accuses Silberkleit of using “gender as her personal weapon of choice” by singling out an attractive female coworker and saying, “Oh, a pretty one” then sashaying away and allegedly telling male employees, “All you penises think you can run me out.”


The not-so-comical antics appear to stem from a lawsuit that Silberkleit’s co-CEO Jon Goldwater brought against his business partner in 2011. The suit was eventually settled.


Silberkleit has also brought sexual-harassment claims against her coworkers and is involved in litigation in Westchester Surrogate’s Court over the will of her late husband, Michael Silberkleit, son of Archie Comics co-founder Louis Silberkleit.


An attorney for Silberkleit, who’s running for mayor in her hometown of Rye, declined to comment.





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