Sanctions Ordered In Text Message Employment Dispute As To ‘Incredible’ Testimony

( September 12, 2025, 2:21 PM EDT) -- CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. — A New York federal magistrate judge granted in part a motion for sanctions regarding failure to preserve electronically stored information in a suit filed by a woman against her former supervisor, former employer and its parent company alleging retaliation pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, finding “highly incredible” the testimony of two individuals who deleted text messages and purportedly failed to “take reasonable steps to preserve evidence.”...