A dentist from Iowa has been found not guilty of sexual discrimination when he sacked his assistant for being attractive.
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled on Friday that the dentist did not engage in unlawful gender discrimination when he fired his assistant, as he found her attractive and feared they might have an extramarital affair.
The seven justices, all male, threw out a gender discrimination lawsuit, saying that the dentist's actions may have been unfair to the longtime female employee, but that his conduct did not amount to sex discrimination, according to C S Monitor.
The assistant was fired after the dentist's wife concluded that the attractive employee had become a threat to the couple's marriage.
The jealous spouse demanded the assistant be terminated.
