I am able to openly share my story. . .

Following the triumphant win of my lawsuit against AARP decided by a jury of 8 of my peers here in DC Superior Court, and 6+ years of litigation I am finally able to share facts about my litigation and what I went thru personally. I find myself in a unique position, having been the only person who has successfully taken AARP to court, I'd say "and won", but I can't find anyone else who has made it all the way to court. No, AARP doesn't generally allow that to happen. See, they think they are always in control and usually they are right. Why I made it to court, I have no idea, but I did and I won!

Discrimination today isn't saying you are firing someone because they are gay, which is exactly AARP's lawyer asked every one of their witnesses on the stand, "Did you tell Mr. Deus that you were firing him because he was gay?" We all know, there are laws against that. This isn't the Lavender Scare of the 50's and 60's where companies or the government could discriminate openly as there were no protections for the LGBT community. No, today discrimination shows up in gaslighting the individual, hiding evidence that proved the company did wrong, and treating a specific individual more harshly than you treat others. All of this happened to me.

The day I was terminated, for taking two approved business trips, I was asked to repay $2,155.13. The letter I was asked to sign (which is below - please read) would force me to lie that I agreed with them, admit my "guilt" and pay them the money they were demanding. This letter also threatens to tell my future employers if I don't comply, trying to scare me into submission. I was even asked if I had a check on me to pay them. Can't make this shit up!?! Kindly, you will see, they did indicate that I had financial hardship, probably because I was just discriminatorily fired. Who knows?!? This letter was presented to me during my termination and signed by the General Counsel of AARP Services Inc (ASI) Sarah Mika. Can you imagine sitting in a room being terminated and asked for a check and to sign a letter that you don't agree with and know is completely a lie? I can, as it happened to me.

Note: You do NOT have to sign any documents at the time of lay-off or termination. Please consult with the laws where you live, in DC I had 21 days legally to decide whether to sign or not. I, of course, did not sign this piece of shit threatening letter.

Following my termination and refusal to pay this money, AARP sent me to collections as part of their counter-suit, but we will focus on that in the near future and I will share that letter and lawsuit in the coming weeks and what happened to that counter-suit. You can find that post here: https://www.therealaarp.co/post/when-lying-comes-so-naturally-to-you-do-you-ever-find-yourself-telling-the-truth

The information I am now and will continue to share, shows a side of AARP they don't want people to know about. In my opinion, it's the REAL AARP (see what I did there?!? 😉) I am able to share as I am not under an NDA. Thankfully, I won my lawsuit and can share a lot, but not all, of the information. To this end, even with evidence being presented in court, much of it is under protection, another way for them to silence me and prevent facts from coming out.

Fun Fact Time - There will be more of these coming:

Since Jo Ann Jenkins became AARP CEO in 2014, according to AARP's yearly 990's

(which are all public and can be found here and if you don't know what an IRS 990 form is, a description can be found here). AARP has spent $31,269.00 for her husband, who is NOT an employee, to travel. So odd, the highest paid CEO in AARP's history, making $2.7M in 2021 alone, has this non-profit pay for her husbands travel. I'm sure it's part of her agreement, but just feels wrong to me. Especially considering I was fired over $2,155.13 worth of actual business travel that was part of my job.