"A training ground for anti-gay harassment."

[Jeffersons Ghost]

David Barton's gyms are pumped up with sexual harassment

Two lesbian fitness instructors say David Barton's gyms are a training ground for anti-gay harassment.

Deborah Cooke and Christina Rodino slapped the beefy health-club magnate with an employment-discrimination suit today that charges him with fostering a "pervasively hostile work environment."

The gals, who share an apartment in Weekhawken, N.J., claim they were canned late last year after enduring an unending torrent of rude comments and innuendos about their sexual orientation.

Cooke claims she was openly referred to as "Lesbian Deb" and repeatedly taunted by a training manager who asked "whether she was 'going to strap on a penis tonight.'"

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/david_barton_gyms_are_pumped_up_viQ7ecC13LVKA9HcTcC1MO#ixzz1AlKKVRXf

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1. Sounds like he had a thing for her.