For­mer J&J VP sues phar­ma gi­ant for discim­i­na­tion and ha­rass­ment, ac­cus­es top ex­ecs — in­clud­ing Alex Gorsky — of re­tal­i­at­ing against her

A for­mer J&J ex­ec has filed a law­suit against the phar­ma gi­ant for gen­der dis­crim­i­na­tion, un­equal pay and re­tal­i­a­tion lead­ing to what she al­leges is an abrupt and wrong­ful ter­mi­na­tion to her 25-year ca­reer at the com­pa­ny.

Gi­na Bilot­ti — who ex­it­ed J&J in May af­ter climb­ing the ranks through sup­ply chain, com­mer­cial, and R&D to vice pres­i­dent roles — named and ac­cused three top ex­ecs of ha­rass­ing, “os­tra­ciz­ing and mar­gin­al­iz­ing” her. And when she tried to raise the is­sue, the high­est lev­els of man­age­ment al­leged­ly “par­tic­i­pat­ed in and con­doned the re­tal­i­a­tion” against her.

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