Remember a couple of years ago when everyone was wondering and speculating about why Mario Vasquez bailed on American Idol shortly after being named to the top twelve? The excuse was “Family reasons”, but of course everyone knew that wasn’t the real reason. Well, I don’t seem to recall hearing this as the reason… that he sexually harassed a male assistant production accountant by exposing himself in the bathroom, among other things.

That assistant, Magdaleno Olmos, has now filed a complaint against American Idol and Vasquez, claiming he was wrongfully dismissed after complaining of the unwelcome advances. And supposedly, this was the reason why Mario really left the show.

Vasquez, whose self-titled debut went bust shortly after its release last September, could not be reached for comment. Olmos’ complaint paints a graphic picture of the 29-year-old singer’s alleged misdeeds, accusing Vasquez of tailing Olmos into a bathroom and “masturbating” in front of him, as well as touching “plantiff’s chest, plaintiff’s stomach underneath his shirt and plaintiff’s genitals as Vasquez attempted to unzip plaintiff’s pants.”

Olmos claimed he related the incident to his supervisor, Eric LaPointe, who responded that such claims were “crazy” and that Olmos was imagining things. Per the suit, LaPointe said that if Olmos didn’t stop complaining, “he’d cry [himself] out of a job.”

In any case, wow. I never liked Mario, he came across as a bit too sleazy for my liking, but wow.

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This spoiler posted on Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 7:58 am.

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