Restaurant owner sexually abuses worker, threatens revoking green card, Texas suit says
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A Texas woman is suing her former employer after she says she was sexually abused and assaulted with threats of her green card sponsorship being revoked.
Chu Yu Kim is the owner of Kim’s Galbi, a Korean cuisine restaurant in San Antonio, according to a lawsuit filed in Bexar County.
McClatchy News reached out to Kim’s Galbi for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Kim sponsored a green card for one of his employees, who used the green card to maintain legal status in the United States for herself and her two sons, the lawsuit said.
However, the woman said Kim used the sponsorship as a way of forcing her into a “sexual relationship,” according to the civil complaint filed March 19 in District Court.
Kim sexually assaulted the woman on at least five occasions, the last time in August 2023, the lawsuit said.
“The sexual assault and sexual abuse by Kim was despicable, and the threat of revoking (the woman’s) green card sponsorship destroyed any consent that Kim and Galbi could possibly claim,” the complaint said.
The lawsuit said Kim also failed to pay the woman her proper wages and threatened to revoke her green card sponsorship to keep her quiet about it.
“Kim is a sexual and psychological predator who targeted (the woman) and took advantage of her vulnerability to victimization,” the lawsuit said.
