Ex-Employee: Sex, Drugs Happened At OC-Based Banc Of California

ORANGE COUNTY, CA -- A leading Southern California bank faces a lawsuit this week after a former employee says she was fired after complaining about sex and drugs in its Irvine office.

Heather Endresen, who served as Banc of California's managing director for the small business program, filed a lawsuit this week saying "she was wrongfully terminated after complaining about the shifting pool of bonuses as well as the behavior of the company’s then-chief financial officer Francisco Turner," according to a Bloomberg report.

The lawsuit claims Turner "used company funds to pay for strippers and had sex with employees in his office." Endresen also claims Turner used drugs in the office, Bloomberg reported.

"Endresen said she was told by the lender’s in-house counsel that the company didn’t have a policy prohibiting employees from engaging in sexual activity in the workplace or using corporate funds to pay for strip clubs," the newspaper reported.

In a statement to Bloomberg, Turner denied the allegations.

Banc of California was established in 1941 and has 40 branches throughout Southern California.

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