$95 Million Award for Sexual Harassment

(St. Louis, Missouri) A local woman, Ashley Alford, has been awarded $95 million by U.S. District Court jurors in a sexual harassment lawsuit against her former employer, Aaron's Inc., a rent-to-own business.

Alford claimed that the store's then-manager, Richard Moore, gave her inappropriate nicknames and touched her inappropriately when she first began working there in 2005.

Nearly a year after she was hired, she claimed, he came up to her in the stock room and whacked her on the head with his penis.

Then, later that day, he lifted her shirt and masturbated over her as he held her down, she said.

Frankly, it's understandable that the jury would be outraged. However, I'd suggest the award is excessive.