Koko, the 33-year-old female gorilla wants to see how human breast looks like, so says the Gorilla Foundation president, Francine "Penny" Patterson.Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, both in their mid-40s and Koko's caretaker were asked by Penny to indulge Koko the gorilla’s “nipple fetish” as a way of bonding with the 33-year-old gorilla.
They both refused, maybe, because they were afraid that Koko may asked for extras thereafter and wants breast feeding.
For that misbehavior, the two were fired.
Nancy and Kendra decided that justice must be served and they sued their former bosses. In their suit, Nancy Alperin and Kendra Keller, both of San Francisco, claim they were subjected to sexual discrimination and then wrongfully terminated after reporting health and safety violations at Koko's home in Woodside, an upscale town in the south San Francisco Bay area.
The lawsuit claims that on one occasion Patterson said, "'Koko, you see my nipples all the time. You are probably bored with my nipples. You need to see new nipples.'"
Koko, the gorilla who speaks sign language,made history when she joined one of the largest audiences in AOL history for the first ever interspecies chat on April 28 1998. The chat was hosted by AOL Live, HEAVEN, EnviroLink and The Gorilla Foundation.
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However, it is reported that the civil suit filed by two women has been resolved.
The former workers seemed to have struck a deal with the Gorilla Foundation. The women said they never did undress for the breast-obsessed simian.
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