An Ann Arbor hotel franchisee accused by the federal government of subjecting a Spanish-speaking employee to a sexually hostile environment must pay $50,000 to the employee as part of a settlement announced Tuesday.

The settlement ends a lawsuit filed June 3 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, which targeted the franchisee of the Ann Arbor Days Inn Hotel on Carpenter Road south of Washtenaw Avenue in Pittsfield Township.

The franchisee, a business entity called Ann Arbor Nights Inc., subjected the female worker to a "sexually hostile work environment and retaliated against her for complaining about the harassment," the government said in a statement.

The government alleged that "the victim was sexually assaulted, including being subjected to an attempted rape by a supervisor, and retaliated against, such as being denied work, for failing to give in to the supervisor’s numerous sexual advances. The EEOC also said that the harasser used the fact that the victim spoke no English to his advantage in abusing her," government officials said.

The franchisee must pay $50,000 to the victim -- the maximum a business of that its size can pay in similar circumstances. The franchisee must also establish official sexual harassment policies and pay to conduct sexual harassment training for its employees.

Ann Arbor Nights Inc. is registered to Akram Namou, based in Southfield. Namou also owns the Clarion Inn on Jackson Road in Ann Arbor.

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