Adam & evil
Vic: CPA cited Bible in sex harass
A CREEPY Manhattan CPA compared his months-long pursuit of a female underling to the love of Adam and Eve — but court papers charged his sins were hardly original.
Young Tai Choi sexually harassed worker Eileen Kim after hiring the New Jersey woman last January, groping and trying to kiss her during after-hours “alone sessions,” the 13-page complaint alleged.
The amorous accountant invited her to watch the Super Bowl in his bedroom, and placed his head on her chest despite Kim’s misgivings during a Valentine’s Day meeting, the complaint charged.
“My client is traumatized,” said Kim’s lawyer, Christine Bae. “She feels very wronged. Mr. Choi is a very well-regarded Christian and missionary in the Korean community. Very married, too.”
Kim, of Leonia, N.J., said her repeated rejections of Choi’s unwanted overtures led to her resignation in April 2017 — with her ex-boss then threatening to fire her mom, a fellow Choi employee.
Attempts to reach Choi by phone and by email Friday were unsuccessful. Kim’s mother was eventually forced to quit her job too, according to the complaint.
The married Choi “would regularly put his hands around (Kim’s) shoulders or pull plaintiff close and put his hands on her thighs,” the Manhattan Supreme Court papers alleged.
“Choi told her that she was an angel sent to him for sex and compared himself and her to Adam and Eve.”
Kim landed a job with Choi’s E. 30th St. business in January 2017, working three days a week for the accountant. Within two weeks of her arrival, things weren’t adding up for the new employee.
Choi first instructed her to appear for the private sessions on Sunday, when the rest of the company employees were off, according to Kim.
“How are you so beautiful?” Choi asked after taking her hand and eying her up and down — and then invited her to watch the NFL championship game in his bedroom.
The inappropriate touching only escalated from there, the complaint charged, with one incident where Kim “screamed and pushed him away.”
Choi was accused of trying to ply his employee with liquor in a “veiled attempt to reduce her awareness and inhibitions,” Kim charged. “... Choi would ask (Kim) if she was a virgin and if she had a boyfriend.”
Though Kim told her boss that his attention made her uncomfortable, Choi never backed off his constant come-ons, the complaint alleged.
Finally, in an effort to avoid any fallout from his behavior, Choi offered Kim and her mother $5,000 in hush money to forget about what happened, court documents claim.