"A City banker who made up false claims he had been sexually harassed by a manager while wearing a string vest at work has been sent to jail and given a 150,000 court bill. Damilare Ajao worked for German finance giant Commerzbank in its client life cycle management team in London in 2019 before being sacked in November of that year. He claimed he was pestered by a female manager who flirtatiously told him she could see his nipples and tried to touch his Gucci belt buckle in the staff canteen."
"His claim was thrown out, however, with the tribunal judge Anthony Snelson finding that the sexual harassment and assault allegations were false and in large part made up. The case subsequently went to the High Court, where Mr Ajao was on Friday jailed for 20 months by Mr Justice Martin Spencer for serious contempt of court. The judge also handed the separated father-of-two, who lives in Medway, Kent, a 150,000 bill towards the bank's lawyer's costs of bringing the contempt case."
Damilare Ajao worked at Commerzbank in London in 2019 and was dismissed in November of that year. He alleged a female manager made sexualised comments about a string vest and tried to touch his Gucci belt, and he brought Employment Tribunal claims of sexual harassment and assault. The tribunal judge found the allegations false and largely fabricated. A High Court found him guilty of serious contempt of court, sentenced him to 20 months in jail and ordered him to pay £150,000 toward the bank's legal costs. The judge described the allegations as a deliberate assault on the manager's professional standing.
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