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Seizure-suffering worker wins payout after boss sent photo from Exorcist
Daily Express
|April 03, 2025
A HOUSING officer who suffered from seizures has won a harassment claim after her boss sent her a photo of the possessed girl from The Exorcist foaming at the mouth.
Charlene Friend's manager Lisa Gilbert nicknamed her "Regan" after Linda Blair's character in the classic 1973 horror film, an employment tribunal heard.
Dismissed
Miss Friend, who had sustained a traumatic head injury in a "violent gang assault", said the reference made her feel "terrible" and "mocked" by her colleague.
As a Christian, she said the idea she had an "evil spirit" in her had "stayed with her psychologically".
Ms Gilbert also told her that people with mental health issues were "attention seekers", the hearing was told.
This story is from the April 03, 2025 edition of Daily Express.
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