Taco Bell settles sexual harassment complaint; 2 teen workers claimed they were raped at work

Taco Bell settles Tenn. sex harassment complaint

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Taco Bell Corp. has agreed to settle a sexual harassment complaint stemming from allegations that two teenage employees were raped at a Tennessee restaurant.

According to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Taco Bell agreed to pay two 16-year-old employees in Memphis a total of $350,000.

The commission said Monday that one of them was assaulted on her first day at work and the other had been raped earlier.

Officials say their supervisor, Terence E. Davis, pleaded guilty this year to rape and is serving eight years in prison.

Taco Bell has agreed to conduct training on the prevention of workplace harassment in the greater Memphis area.