My Manager Sexually Harasses Me Constantly And I Told My General Manager Yesterday...?

Q: My manager sexually harasses me constantly and i told my general manager yesterday...? my GM told our Area Director, (the bigger boss), and asked me if i wanted to file a complaint. i told him that i wanted them to talk to him and if, after that talk, his lewd comments continued, then i would file a sexual harrassment lawsuit (or complaint), against him. i found out later that my manager is going to be transferred to a different store in a week. (i work in a corporate restaurant.) should i file a complaint? is company policy typically to just transfer someone so that they may do it again to another woman? or should he be fired? i do feel slightly guilty because i don't want him to lose his job, but he says some very vulgar and detailed things to me. he's just gone way over the line. so, should i file a lawsuit? do i have a case? i have witnesses to some things he's said. thanks for any input.

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You've got a difficult situation. I would not file a lawsuit unless you want this to drag on for years and other women have been harassed as well and complained to no avail. I would, however, file an official complaint against him so that it's on his track record with the company. That way, should another woman be in this situation, the company can't say they didn't know about it. If the company penalizes you for the complaint, then you have a case. Otherwise you can't blame the company when they acted on your complaint for not doing something when they weren't aware. In this case, they seem to have reacted to the issue.. but still something official needs to be filed.