It was him. . . .

During the defenses opening statement, they produced a new individual to be the one to decide my termination and Mr. Flanagan just approved it. This literally was the first time in 6 years we heard Mr. Loizzi's name mentioned. The defense even stated that Mr. Easley delivered his report to both Mr. Flanagan and Mr. Loizzi (see below).

Mr. Loizzi even testified to it on the stand:

I have done my due diligence and taken my time before making this post as I looked over every document produced during discovery from AARP which includes the reports from Mr. Easley, Mr. Loizzi is not on a single one. NONE! The reports are to Mr. Flanagan, but Mr. Loizzi is not cc'd on them, but there are 6 other individuals that were, their names are on the report, but Mr. Loizzi is not one of them.

Don't you think if Mr. Easley sent the report to Mr. Loizzi, the defense would have produced that email or documentation? It sure would have helped there case that another gay man fired me, not Mr. Flanagan. If there was a shred of evidence this happened, there would have been some form of paper trail. The defense wanted everyone to take their word for it, because, "how could a gay man fire another gay man?!?" Clearly, it didn't happen, this was (allegedly) a lie.

Continuing on the documentation (or more precisely, the lack there of) , if Mr. Loizzi had consulted his bosses, wouldn't there be some form of documentation? An email, a shred of hard evidence with his discussion or recommendation? SOMETHING?!? There is nothing. The defense was unable to produce a single document from Mr. Loizzi in relation to my termination.  NOT ONE!  

Mr. Loizzi's name did not come up for 6 years, not until we got to court and I believe AARP needed to try to (allegedly) deceive the jurors. If Mr. Loizzi had been the person to decide to terminate me, why hadn't Mr. Flanagan mentioned it in 2019 during his deposition? Mr. Flanagan made it pointedly clear that he was the only one to make the decision for my termination. (You can learn more about Mr. Flanagan's testimony here https://www.therealaarp.co/post/liar-liar). I think they hadn't thought of this "fact" yet. I truly believe they thought they could make me go away, so why start inventing facts?!? I shouldn't be too critical as Mr. Flanagan's deposition was where they came up with the "Rick is a LIAR" as the REAL reason for my termination. So, there was some thought into making my termination seem believable as the lawsuit progressed. Of course, this differed from the reason I was informed for being terminated, by Mr. Loizzi, which was taking two approved business trips and accepting "Valuable Privileges." The shifting had begun!

One of my attorney's told me early on, when the defense has to start changing the facts about your termination, it proves that you were wrongly terminated. If you had been properly terminated, there would be no reason to change anything. The evidence proved I was discriminatorily fired. It's why I won!!!

Final little tidbit to think on: Does anyone else find it interesting that Mr. Loizzi, who had been in his previous role for almost 8 years got a promotion less than 8 months before trial?