Overview
- Rose Harris filed a 47-page federal lawsuit in the Southern District of New York naming the Anaheim Ducks, parent OC Sports & Entertainment, the NHL, and league HR chief Patrice Distler.
- She alleges repeated harassment at the Ducks, including nonconsensual touching, vulgar and sexist remarks, homophobic slurs, pornography on a coworker's computer, and false sexual rumors by colleagues including Nick Aguilera and Eric Philips.
- The filing says Ducks HR found it more likely than not that policies were violated yet took limited action, advised Harris to look outside hockey operations, and saw Aguilera promoted.
- After resigning in December 2024 and joining the NHL in January 2025, Harris says Distler accused her without documentation of hacking email and fired her immediately in what the suit calls a manufactured pretext.
- The suit claims industry blacklisting cost Harris subsequent opportunities, including with BSE Global, and it seeks punitive damages; the Ducks and the NHL did not immediately comment.