On Thursday, a modified complaint filed against Netflix alleges that a woman responsible for the children’s programming for the streamer was wrongly interrupted after she spoke several times of pretext and sexual harassment of gender perpetuated by her boss.
The complaint argues that the former director of acquisitions and co-coists of global content of children and families, Amy Takahara, was subject to an “omnipresent and hostile environment” by the director of children and the action live and content, Edward Horasz, who hampered his work in the streamer and turned a sudden shot after having disputed his boss. The prosecution was initially deposited at the Los Angeles Superior Court on May 21, but was modified and repaled on Thursday to include additional details on alleged abuse.
During his stay at the streamer, Takahara was “subject to constant discrimination and sexual harassment which has planed and humiliated her, negatively affected her ability to do her job and, in the end, his lost career opportunities and his emotional distress,” said the complaint.
The Hollywood Reporter contacted Horasz to comment. In a statement, a Netflix spokesperson said: “The position of Ms. Takahara was eliminated after the team was reduced. His claims are lacking in merit, and we think that the procedure will prove it. ”
The revised costume causes a litany of allegations concerning the treatment with Horasz de Takahara, a programming manager for veteran children who spent six years in the streamer. One denies his credit for achievements: Geek girlThe drama for adolescents on an unpopular girl who becomes a model and finds her confidence, became a success for Netflix in 2024 and was “cultivated and directed” by Takahara, known as the costume. When the time came to present the show in an animation forum, Horasz presented the show in a way that led a colleague to tell Takahara that he was “not clear” that Geek girl was his show.
Another main assertion is discussions focused on the genre of Takahara. The trial indicates that Horasz once said to Takahara during a remuneration review that he did not think that she could manage “masculine” shows and that she should supervise the “relationship” shows. The complaint indicates that Horasz told Takahara that she was like her “wife” in the office and “harassed” like one.
The complaint also alleges that Horasz made off -color comments on women. Horasz would have pleaded that the “sexy” teenage girls were thrown into a show Ya and pushed a whirlpool to appear in the project so that “we could have them in bikinis in the show”. During a pitch session with producers on an adaptation of the ownership of children The worst witch That would call on an older audience, he would have asked: “So is it witches with breasts?”
Takahara complained of her on several occasions and Netflix has not taken the appropriate measures, the trial indicates. In December 2024, Takahara raised the problem with a human resources framework. The executive HR would have told Takahara that she would meet Horasz and later asked Takahara if she would be open to raising her problems with herself, which Takahara did. During a “360 examination process” in 2024, Takahara said that Horasz could give more space so that other executives speak during meetings, saying that it was already difficult to be heard as a female framework.
At the beginning of 2025, Takahara again expressed his concerns as human resources of the situation, saying that she thought that her work situation was “toxic” and asked to find another role in the company. The executive HR said that she would see what she could do and that she would meet Horasz.
Six days later, during a head-to-face meeting with Horasz, Takahara expressed his concerns directly to him and told him about the moments when she felt “undermined”. Finally, in response, according to the trial, Horasz told Takahara: “Amy, you are in a spiral. It is clearly not good for your mental health, so we have to separate.” The pursuit alleged that this constituted an unjustified termination, because Takahara made protected complaints. Netflix, the prosecution, the states in addition, have never launched an investigation or intervened.
Takahara’s prosecution revisions arrive after a former legal adviser for Netflix labor relations filed a complaint alleging an unjustified dismissal after having paid complaints concerning the processing of women in the company and sexual harassment. A Netflix spokesperson said Los Angeles Times that allegations “lack merit”.
