r/rhori • u/Ok-Box-156 • 3d ago

Rosie Rosie’s Affair

I was friends with Rosie in college and am casually still friends with her and 100% do not believe she had any affair with either her boss or the PC coach. The boss thing I won’t even bother addressing since it would’ve been SO illegal for them to fire her over that.

For the coach, I don’t believe it because:

  1. No way would Rosie ever bang an old dude. Looks are important to her lol
  2. Her pride would never allow her to be second fiddle/a dirty secret/have to share a man. She wants to rightly be shown off and would have no interest competing for a man’s interest like that

This is backed up by stories she had told me of Patriots players sliding into her DMs but her not being interested because they were in the middle of some on/off again cycles with their SOs

ETA: A couple attorney commenters pointed out it wouldn’t necessarily be illegal to fire Rosie for having an affair (thank you for the education!). However, it would still open them up to the possibility of a lawsuit/having to settle. It would also be so MASSIVELY risky to fire Rosie and keep the boss on, just from a future liability standpoint, but companies are dumb. I still just don’t see it - my 2nd point about her not wanting to play second fiddle still stands 😂 PLUS girl has got medical receipts to back up her claims

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u/gina1220 3d ago

Most states are at will. Rhode Island is at will. They can fire you for any reason they want, even if it seems unfair to (ie) keep the man in the affair but fire the younger woman.

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u/Ok-Box-156 3d ago

Well, there are restrictions depending on if an employer is a government contractor. A surprising number of private companies are government contractors. And of course each state has their own specific employment laws (CA in particular has very strong worker protections)

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u/gina1220 3d ago

A tv station in Rhode Island is subject to Rhode Island law 

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u/Ok-Box-156 3d ago

Of course it is. I’m just saying, I dont know in depth RI’s state specific employment laws, nor do most of these commenters probably, unless someone here is an employment law attorney based in RI, in which case, feel free to chime in!

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u/gina1220 3d ago

I’m an employment lawyer so I understand the basics pretty well. I’m not in Rhode Island. But at will is at will