Several Texas companies are facing a lawsuit for employing a janitor accused of urinating into employees’ water bottles and infecting more than a dozen victims with sexually transmitted diseases.
The lawsuit, stemming from the October arrest of janitor Lucio Catarino Diaz, was filed on behalf of 13 women who say the janitor urinated in their water bottles while on the job at an east Houston office building , which resulted in positive tests for herpes simplex virus 1. , KRIV-TV reported.
In a press release, Houston law firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner alleges that the companies employing the 50-year-old janitor «authorized and ignored the janitor’s disturbing conduct.»
The lawsuit says several women noticed their water bottles «smelled and tasted foul» in August 2022, prompting a woman to set up a hidden camera that captured Diaz approaching his desk, putting his hands down. supplies and «rubbing his penis inside». and the mouth of a water bottle.»
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Janitor Lucio Catarino Diaz admitted to rubbing his genitals on employees’ water bottles.
(KRIV-TV)
The woman says she sent the video to the building management company and was told something would be done about it. However, according to the law firm’s press release, no action was taken and Diaz was later captured on video doing the same.
Six days later, on October 3, the tenants of the building were notified of the incidents.
«It’s not only terrifying but somewhat humiliating for them,» said Kimberly Spurlock, the attorney representing one of the women.
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Text messages between victim and building management.
(Houston Law Firm Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner)
«He was allowed back, and he continued to conduct himself that way and who knows how many people picked up their water bottles during those six days and were affected by his actions,» Spurlock added.
Diaz admitted to the crimes and was charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The janitor’s bodily fluids containing the incurable STD were considered a weapon in the charges.
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Downtown Houston skyline at Root Square.
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Four women filed an initial lawsuit against the owner of the building, the building management company, the maintenance company and the cleaning company, and they were later joined by nine other women.