Emmanuel Kepas, an employee of eBay in the Draper, Utah office, filed a sexual and age discrimination lawsuit against eBay on Thursday. Kepas had joined eBay in July 2003 and worked as the Manager of eBay's eWatch team through January 2005, when he was demoted to analyst. Kepas said in court documents that the woman who replaced him as eWatch Manager and whom he accuses of sexual harassment had a history of inappropriate sexual behavior of which eBay was aware.

According to Kepas' lawsuit, he requested to be transferred but was refused, he reported the problems to eBay's ethics hotline, and complained to the Senior Manager of Human Resources. In February, Kepas took an unpaid administrative leave of absence from eBay after experiencing tinnitus and symptoms of anxiety. Kepas filed a Charge of Discrimination against eBay in March with the Utah Anti-Discrimination and Labor Division of the Utah Labor Commission.

According to Kepas' complaint, eBay has refused to speak with him regarding his claims unless he does so without his counsel and is insisting that he return to work.

Kepas is seeking $3.8 million for discrimination under the Civil Rights Act and $966,640 for Breach of Contract and Breach of Covenant of Good Faith and Fair Dealing.

Bob Mims of The Salt Lake Tribune broke the story on Saturday(http://www.sltrib.com/business/ci_4110278).