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As if murder charges weren't enough for one week, The Source now faces sexual harassment charges:

EURWEB - The two Source magazine employees who were charged with attempted murder following a recent shooting in New York have been named in a sexual-harassment and sexual-discrimination lawsuit that claims they helped to foster a macho atmosphere around the office.

The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission this spring, names attempted-murder suspects Leroy "Bum" Peeples and Alvin "Wiz" Childs among a number of male workers who got key positions despite their lack of qualifications.

The suit was filed by two female former executives. Peeples, 32, is president of the magazine’s owner Source Entertainment; Childs, 35, is marketing director. Their lawyer, Mel Sachs, claims the suit is the product of "revengeful accusations by disgruntled employees motivated by money and retaliation."

July 31, 2005 in Current Events, The Source | Permalink | Comments (2) | TrackBack (0)

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Hip-hop bigs held in shooting of 3

Two hip-hop magazine executives were charged with attempted murder yesterday after a booze-fueled argument over rap music erupted in gunfire that left three men wounded at a Manhattan bar, cops said.

The suspects are The Source magazine's general manager, Leroy (Bum) Peeples, and salesman Alvin Childs, police said. A young female co-worker, who is the daughter of a cop, was questioned and released, sources said.

The three were at the Limerick House pub on W. 23rd St., across the street from The Source's offices, when they got into a screaming match with an aspiring rapper, his cousin and a busboy, the sources said.

"It was over whether they were going to play a rap CD or not," an investigator said.

The dispute spilled outside, where witnesses heard four shots and saw two bloodied men fall to the sidewalk.

"We were playing poker and when we looked out the window ... we see two guys wounded," said a 21-year-old witness.

"The man who was shot in the chest eventually collapsed," said a second poker player. "For several minutes, his friend stood above him trying to help him and suddenly he collapsed next to him."

Orlando Orenga, 26, the wanna-be rapper, was shot in the head and taken to St. Vincent's Hospital Manhattan in critical condition. He was expected to survive.

His cousin Alex Colon, 30, was shot in the arm and leg, and the busboy took a bullet in the torso. They were in stable condition at St. Vincent's and Bellevue.

The suspects were nabbed fleeing the scene, and police also recovered two handguns, a 9-mm. and a .40-caliber Glock, hidden under parked cars.

The Source, which touts itself as the "hip-hop bible," dispatched well-known defense lawyer Mel Sachs to represent its employees. "So far, no one has been charged," Sachs said.

Police sources said the suspects were refusing to cooperate and it was unclear who fired the shots.

"You've got victims who were hanging out in a bar for six hours and don't remember [anything]," a source said.

Peeples is a top-ranking executive at The Source and was one of several honchos named in a gender-discrimination lawsuit earlier this year by ex-editors who claim the magazine was run like a frat house.

The magazine, which had a 2003 circulation of 370,000, was founded 16 years ago by Harvard grad David Mays.

July 25, 2005 in Current Events, The Source | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack (0)

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