Glamorous PointsBet employee dubbed the ‘new Paige Spiranac’ sues wagering company claiming ‘aggressively flirty supervisor harassed her’ and ‘horny male clients groped and tried to kiss her while asking for selfies’

A PointsBet employee has taken the online sportsbook to court over claims she was sexually harassed by her supervisor and horny male customers who called her the “new Paige Sprianac.”

Caroline Weeks, 25, joined as senior player development manager in January 2022 and said she was ‘consistently subjected to romantic advances about her physical appearance and unwanted physical touch’ by her boss.

Bart DiNardo, a former loyalty director at PointsBet, was “aggressively” flirtatious, touched her “in a suggestive and inappropriate manner” and sent her “inappropriate” messages on Snapchat, according to the lawsuit filed Sept. 15 in Manhattan Federal Court.

She said she reported him to PointsBet’s chief people officer, Amanda Anderson, claiming the company canceled his contract after she sent “incriminating” text messages.

Weeks also said she was propositioned by customers and that an intoxicated customer repeatedly tried to touch her during a corporate event at an Atlantic City casino. Dailymail.com has contacted PointsBet, DiNardo and Weeks for comment.

In the lawsuit, Weeks said the company took no action to stop the harassment and she resigned after 10 months. She is seeking unspecified damages for ’emotional damage suffered’.

She alleged that DiNardo harassed her during a company outing for all the Northeast Player Development Managers in New York City.

“Mr. DiNardo, again belligerently intoxicated, aggressively flirted with Ms. Weeks,” the court document said.

“During the evening, Mr. DiNardo physically touched Ms. Weeks in a suggestive and inappropriate manner, attempted to hold her hand, attempted to spin her around to dance, and hung seductively over her shoulder.”

She added that her other supervisor deliberately sat between her and DiNardo during the dinner to “create a boundary” for her.

Weeks said the other supervisor “apologized for Mr. DiNardo’s unprofessional behavior after ending the evening early to put Mr. DiNardo in a cab home.”

DiNardo “received no warnings or reprimands for his inappropriate and sexually harassing behavior” at the event, the lawsuit said.

Weeks said he sent her “messages on Snapchat that were inappropriate and he sexually propositioned her.”

She claimed he sent her other messages that she did not open and which were later deleted from her inbox.

“Mr. DiNardo continued to text saying, “Shall we start dinner” and “I already won creep of the year,” the lawsuit alleged.

Weeks said DiNardo was released after she reported her experiences to the company’s Chief People Officer, Amanda Anderson, and sent “incriminating” text messages.

“PointsBet terminated Mr. DiNardo, as they should have done; However, PointsBet, as its supervisor, is strictly liable for its conduct,” the lawsuit said.

“Additionally, PointsBet was aware of DiNardo’s sexually harassing behavior months ago and took no corrective action until Ms. Weeks presented them with incriminating text messages.”

Weeks also said she was routinely propositioned by customers and that an intoxicated customer repeatedly tried to touch her during a corporate event at an Atlantic City casino.

She claimed he followed her for almost an hour before police intervened.

“I broke down that night,” she said The New York Post. ‘I felt completely alone at that moment and my privacy was completely forgotten.’

She said customers immediately started meeting her shortly after taking the job, with some asking her to take selfies.

Others made comments like “You got this job because you’re hot” and “So you’re like the new Paige Spiranac.”

“It was scary when you’re dealing with drunk men who are much bigger than you and older than you,” Weeks said.

“I think people who don’t understand the word ‘no’ are dangerous people.”

The former employee claimed the gambling company had done nothing to stop the harassment.

In court documents, she claims another customer tried to kiss her after a business dinner.

He tracked down her home address and “sent her a dozen roses, in an unwanted and creepy attempt at a romantic gesture,” according to the lawsuit.

Another customer allegedly made a tasteless joke on the golf course and said, “If I get the ball in the hole, Caroline will give me a job.”

But she said the company “completely rejects her complaints about PointsBet’s customers.”

‘PointsBet took no action to end the sexual harassment Ms Weeks suffered from customers and potential customers.’

Weeks said: “I think you would be foolish to think I deserved sexual harassment based on the images I share on social media.

“It’s not okay, a real man would know that.”

Her attorney Rachel Haskell, a partner at law firm Working Solutionsadded, “You do not give up your rights to be free from sexual harassment” by posting on social media.

She told Dailymail.com: “The sexual harassment Ms. Weeks faced while working at PointsBet is detailed in her federal complaint.

“It is her hope that by coming forward about her experiences as a woman in the sports betting industry, women working in this industry will find a workplace free of sexual harassment in the future.”

A spokesperson for PointsBet said it has “a zero-tolerance policy regarding harassment and we take these matters very seriously,” but declined to comment further.

Weeks, who hails from Connecticut and has nearly 32,000 Instagram followers, has no problem with Spiranac — a former professional golfer with 3.9 million Instagram followers who has run ads for PointsBet.

“With Paige, she chooses to monetize her image, her personality and her body. I understand. She has the looks and she chose to run with them,” she said.

‘However, I have a completely different profession. I wasn’t there to be a glamorous poster girl for the job, I was there to do a job and do it professionally. . . . My job was not to flirt with customers.”