Overview
- Jones alleges that during her final week of training in June 2024 a manager placed a Chucky doll in her chair despite knowing her phobia
- She was diagnosed with PTSD and given an eight-week medical leave after the incident, compounding her pre-existing depression, anxiety and vitiligo
- Upon returning in August 2024, she says a new manager made disability-based jokes and questioned her approved early-departure accommodation in January 2025
- In March 2025 Truist notified her to pick up personal belongings, effectively ending her employment
- The lawsuit was filed May 21 in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina and made public on June 18, 2025