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AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE IS NOT AVAILABLE AFTER COERCED SEX
 
 
A tangible employment action occurs when a supervisor extorts sexual favors from an employee by conditioning the sex act on continued employment. Therefore, the Faragher/Ellerth affirmative defense is not available in such circumstances.
 
(Holly D. v. California Inst. of Tech., 9th Cir.)
 
 
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