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Catering Manager Sues Owners for Sexual Coercion Claims

12/4/2025

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Emma Beudert, catering manager at East Hampton Kitchen, filed a lawsuit against owners Annie Washburn and Michael Castiglione alleging sexual coercion and retaliation.
The complaint alleges staff were pressured into sexual situations.
The complaint also alleges Washburn made remarks about Beudert's cancer-afflicted partners and Castiglione propositioned Beudert's friends at a concert.
Beudert says she resigned after reporting concerns about excessive workload and mockery.
Washburn and Castiglione deny the allegations as fictional.

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Emma Beudert, catering manager at East Hampton Kitchen, filed a lawsuit against owners Annie Washburn and Michael Castiglione alleging sexual coercion and retaliation.
The complaint alleges staff were pressured into sexual situations.
The complaint also alleges Washburn made remarks about Beudert's cancer-afflicted partners and Castiglione propositioned Beudert's friends at a concert.
Beudert says she resigned after reporting concerns about excessive workload and mockery.
Washburn and Castiglione deny the allegations as fictional.