Zooey Deschanel & Ex-Husband Sued By Ex-Employee Who Claims She Was Fired For Speaking Up About Their Company Lying About Charity Work
June 25 2021, Published 1:24 p.m. ET
An ex-employee of Zooey Deschanel & her ex-husband’s food sustainability company says she was fired after calling them out for misleading the public about their charitable donations.
According to court documents obtained by Breaking Celebrity News, a woman named Felicia Collins is suing Zooey’s company, Lettuce Grow.
The actress founded the business with her ex-husband Jacob Pechenik and a man named Greg Campbell. The company sells farmstands that allow people to grow lettuce at home.
The actress said she wanted to help deal with our food sustainable problem and allow people to grow clean food at home. Lettuce Grow claims to donate one Farmstand to a school or nonprofit for every ten Farmstands sold.
In her suit, Collins says she was hired as Chief of Communications and Social Responsibility in November 2020. Her job duties included providing, “leadership for the Company's social responsibility initiatives, and to supervise the Company's social giving program.”
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She says her direct boss was Jacob. Collins claims things started to ge