By Hyunjoo Jin

San Francisco (Reuters) – Tesla (NASDAQ:) Inc is being sued by a second feminine worker for sexual harassment in lower than a month, with the 2 lawsuits alleging a “hostile work surroundings” in opposition to girls on the automotive maker’s U.S. manufacturing unit.

Erica Cloud, a Tesla meeting line employee, accused defendants together with her former supervisor of “steady and pervasive” sexual harassment in a lawsuit filed in Alameda County Superior Court docket in California on Wednesday.

She alleges the supervisor hugged and massaged her whereas making crude and suggestive remarks. She stated she is now experiencing retaliation from different managers after complaining to Tesla’s human sources workforce in regards to the misconduct.

Tesla and different defendants subjected her to “a hostile work surroundings stemming from animus in the direction of her gender, sexual harassment,” the lawsuit says.

The lawsuit alleges that Tesla and different defendants failed to forestall and take corrective actions over sexual harassment and retaliation.

Tesla didn’t instantly responded to Reuters’ emailed questions in regards to the lawsuit. Tesla doesn’t have a public relations division.

On Nov. 18, one other feminine Tesla employee, Jessica Barraza, filed a lawsuit in opposition to Tesla, alleging rampant sexual harassment at its principal manufacturing unit in Fremont, California.

“The pervasive tradition of sexual harassment, which features a each day barrage of sexist language and conduct, together with frequent groping on the manufacturing unit ground, is thought to supervisors and managers and sometimes perpetrated by them,” the lawsuit alleges.

In October, a Black contract employee gained a $137 million jury award over office racism in opposition to Tesla. Tesla shareholders subsequently accredited a proposal to ask it to publish a report absolutely accessing the corporate’s variety and inclusion effort.