Exclusive | Bloomberg exec sent raunchy messages to male staffer, asked if he takes the whole tribe on sex trips: suit

A senior manager at Bloomberg LP bombarded a male employee with crude sexual messages — asking about lubricant and sex acts during a work chat — while the media giant looked the other way, according to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by The Post.Charles Kyle O’Rourke, an account manager who has worked at Bloomberg since 2019, accused a senior manager of turning the company’s own internal messaging system into a vehicle for sexual harassment — and blaming Bloomberg itself for letting it happen.The suit, filed against the financial data giant earlier this week in New York Supreme Court in Manhattan, names Peter Elliot as the alleged harasser. “Over the course of his nearly six-year tenure, Mr.O’Rourke has been subjected to repeated acts of sexual harassment by a senior manager, Peter Elliot, and has experienced a hostile work environment exacerbated by inadequate management support and failure to provide reasonable accommodations for his deteriorating mental health,” the complaint alleges.In February 2025, according to the complaint, Elliot fired off a harassing message to O’Rourke as the account manager was making plans for international travel.“Your life is terrible.

Let’s hope there’s a Thai out there who can soothe you.Do you take the whole tribe? Or do you just pack some lube and some Nasty Pig cutoffs and get on the plane?” Elliot allegedly wrote.Elliot also allegedly told O’Rourke he should “spit in [his] coffee” and that “teeth marks may have to wait” — crude innuendo the suit claims was entirely unwelcome.O’Rourke allegedly reported Elliot’s conduct to upper-level management and executives.

Bloomberg did nothing, the complaint alleges, and the harassment continued.When O’Rourke told his manager, David LaPaglia, that his ADHD symptoms and anxiety had worsened and asked to discuss possible accommodations, LaPaglia retaliated with a systematic campaign to push O’Rourke out, the suit alleges.LaPaglia subjected him to ...