irene morales claims charney invited her to his home.inside he sexually assaulted her over the course of several hours. the former employee was 18 at the time. but she says charney's advances started when she was just 17. she claims that he demanded that she send him explicit pictures of herself if she wanted to advance in the company. >> i'm concerned that it could have possibly happened to hundreds if not thousands of women. >> morales is seeking $250 million in damages. charney has been the target of at least two other sexual harassment suits. >>> let's turn your attention now to botched buyouts. imagine cashing out your retirement plan and then finding out months later that there's been a mistake and that you owe half of that money back. that's what happened to a state worker, and it's not the first time. nbc bay area's vicky nguyen has more on how you can be sure that that money really is yours to keep. >> all i saw was a check for $82,000. >> reporter: general that thought she'd be starting a new chapter in her life when she cashed

charney.e says the suits amount to basically extortion. at least one of the women, a 19-year-old model who still appears in a lot of the company's ads say it was sexual assault. with its provocative ads american apparel has long flaunted its place in the fashion industry, courting customers with a mix of skin and sexuality. at the helm the unconventional founder and ceo doug charney once again facing blistering allegations of sexual harassment and assault by four women, including three women still featured on the company's website. among them, kimbra lowe who says months after leaving the company she visited charney's house for what she thought was a job interview. he invited you to his home and what happened? >> when i arrived he was wearing only a towel. he attacked me. he ripped my clothes off of me and sexually assaulted me. >> reporter: in the lawsuit filed in california wednesday, lowe claims she tried to resist but was afraid of charney. >> i made it very clear his actions were unwanted

reports say charney forced her to perform sexual acts at an apartment.el says the employee filed no complaints and resigned with a letter of gratitude. >>> nearly two dozen priests in philadelphia are now suspended, after they were identified as child sex suspects. cardinal justin regalley says the priests have been removed from ministry while the cases are being reviewed. the suspects were named in a scathing grand jury report into priest abuse. >>> well, we have a follow-up to a story that made international headlines. 20-year-old mariscal garcia took on the job of police chief in her mexican border town. at the time, she found it as an opportunity to teach values to her town. now, garcia is in the u.s., asking for asylum after receiving death threats. >>> and mike starr, the former basist for the grunge band, alice in chains has died. starr appeared on the reality show, "celebrity rehab" in 2009. last month, he was arrested for allegedly possessing medications without the priored prescriptions. >>> jim trestle has been suspended by his school for two

the strategy that's as controversial as the man behind it, ceo doug charney.ng a sexual predator by former employee irene morales. >> i don't want to be a victim anymore. >> reporter: in the lawsuit she said she was held prisoner in his apartment for hours and forced to perform sexual acts. she said he first approached her in 2007 when she was a 17-year-old sales associate and a high school student. bombarding her with calls and texts demanding she send him sexually explicit photographs and morales said once she turned 18 charney forced her to perform sex acts with him for another eight months, warning her if she refused she'd be out of work. >> i don't want to keep secret about this especially when there might be others out there like me who i can help. >> reporter: in the new court documents american apparel argues morales brought the suit after making a number of extortion-like threats to expose the company to a threatened avalanche of litigation and negative publicity. american apparel said morales left the company without complaint and resigned with a let

charney is no stranger to controversy. he's faced several past sexual harassment suits.orn deposition from one of the cases the fashion executive spoke about his chain that sells clothing including underwear. >> i frequently drop my pants to show people my new product. >> reporter: none of the harassment cases ever went to trial but charney faces problems on the business side. since 2008 american apparel's stock value has plummeted and the company's been dogged by persistent news reports about potential bankruptcy. you might ask why irene morales stuck around for so long. she said she was afraid of losing her job. eventually she said she had an emotional breakdown and finally quit. morales says she finally needed the help of doctors and lawyers to give her the strength to come forward. >> peter alexander for us, thank you very much. coming up next, what you could be doing to raise your property taxes even higher and what you can do to prevent that from happening. plus, the emergency room doctor who realized his patient was his own wife. how he helped to save her life not