"This lady, Jody, you can't say - you can't defend yourself," Sandoval said during a deposition. "You can attempt to defend yourself over there … and that's a combat zone. You are mentally ready for that. This is a corporate world."
In depositions, former security officers not involved in the lawsuits said Jody Allen once stripped to her underwear and jumped into a hot tub before telling her security to do the same in the nude.
As Vulcan's de facto head of human resources, Jody Allen, 56, is second only to her brother at the privately held corporation. Having joined Vulcan in 1989, Jody Allen has been instrumental in managing her brother's fortune, Vulcan's primary purpose.
Casting her as a petulant, demanding boss, her former bodyguards said complaints regarding Jody Allen's behavior went nowhere.
Deposed on last May, one former security officer made light of an incident at the Allens' chateau in France during which Jody Allen bought high-cut swim suits for her security officers. A Vulcan human resources manager later described the gift of trunks as "inappropriate."
He went on to say that the bodyguards were "the entertainment" at the chateau during Jody Allen's summer stays there. The former security officer said Jody Allen would often party until dawn and sleep until 2 p.m.
The former bodyguard described Jody Allen as "playing junior high school girl games," asking to see his war wounds and often threatening to fire him. He also said he would have been fired had he reported her overtures to Vulcan human resources.
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