Lovesick Son Of B & A Pork Store Owner Fired Employee For Rejecting Him, Alleges Lawsuit

She rejected their son’s advances, so she was fired.

That is what one disgruntled employee is alleging in a Brooklyn federal lawsuit filed against the owners of B & A Pork Store (7818 13th Avenue).

Stefania Termini, 20, says James Brannigan, whose father Robert owns the Dyker Heights deli, began hitting on her the day she started working there in April 2014, commenting on her looks and urging her to dump her longtime lover, the court papers claim.

“You should dump the boyfriend and be with me,” is one of the comments attributed to Brannigan in the suit.

Brannigan’s parents allegedly encouraged their son’s predatory behavior by commenting on what a cute couple the pair would make, according to the papers.

But the more she spurned the younger Brannigan’s romancing attempts, the more persistent he became, reports the New York Daily News:

Brannigan took it up a notch when he returned from a family vacation in Italy and gave Tremini a necklace. She initially declined the gift, but Brannigan insisted and told her not to tell the other females who worked at the store, the suit states.Despite Tremini ignoring a continuous stream of his text messages, Brannigan may have gone too far when he showed up uninvited to her house on Christmas Day bearing a gift. Tremini hid in her bedroom, “horrified and embarrassed,” while her father occupied the suitor, the suit says.

Finally, realizing his love would never be requited, Brannigan allegedly fired Tremini in a series of blunt text messages. “Not gonna need u in anymore,” read one message, according to the suit, reports the New York Post.

When she asked his dad to intervene on her behalf, Robert Brannigan took his son’s side, according to the papers.

The suit alleges that the Brannigan family used their positions, money, and power “to intimidate, degrade and discriminate against women.”

“It’s very Old World the way he acted, she was only there to be one of his conquests,” Tremini’s lawyer Michael Palillo told news outlets. “How dare an employer or manager fire an employee because she would not acquiesce to his demands. No one should ever be held hostage in this manner.”

Tremini is suing for unspecified damages.