McAuliffe says the company practiced blatant discrimination against people of color--and for that matter, older people. She and other staff members were directed to hire predominantly young, white women to available positions at the company's various residential rental properties.
One complaint alleges that women in the Campus Crest office environment were referred to as "cunts," "bitches," and "whores." The company's marketing department was called "the whore's den."
How does Ted Rollins treat women? You might want to ask his former wife, Sherry Carroll Rollins. We have written extensively about the Rollins v. Rollins divorce case, and I have called it perhaps "No. 1 on my 'hit parade' of courtroom abuse." As regular readers know, that is saying a mouthful.
Sherry Carroll Rollins now lives in Birmingham, and her court case speaks volumes about how Ted Rollins views the justice system. Does he believe that all parties in a court case should receive fair and lawful treatment? The public file in Rollins v. Rollins indicates the answer is no. Here is how we recently summarized the case:
Sherry Rollins filed for divorce in Greenville, South Carolina, where she and her husband lived. The case got rolling, jurisdiction was established, and it could not be changed, under the law. But Sherry Rollins was not married to a regular working schmuck. Ted W. Rollins is a member of one of America's wealthiest right-leaning families, the folks behind Orkin Pest Control and other enterprises. Ted Rollins apparently decided that the law didn't apply to him. He ignored a court order to maintain the mortgage payment, insurance, and taxes on the family house, causing Sherry Rollins and the couple's two daughters to be booted from their own home. Sherry Rollins and the girls fled to Alabama, where she had relatives. When it looked like a South Carolina judge was going to zap him with hefty alimony and child-support payments, Ted Rollins sued Sherry Rollins for divorce in Alabama--and an Alabama judge named D. Al Crowson took the case. All kinds of law says this can't be done; jurisdiction already was set in South Carolina--and Ted Rollins had been found in contempt of court and had a warrant for his arrest. Crowson took the case, contrary to clear Alabama law such as Wesson v. Wesson, 628 So. 2d 953 (1993) and proceeded to administer a colossal cheat job to Sherry Rollins and her two daughters. How did this happen? Well, Ted Rollins is the CEO of Campus Crest Communities, which corralled a $380 million IPO on Wall Street, and his primary corporate lawyers are with the influential Birmingham firm of Bradley Arant. Knowing the right lawyers, who apparently know the right judge, seems to have helped Ted Rollins pull a major fast one on his ex wife and their two daughters.
Notice that we have highlighted the fact that Ted and Sherry Rollins had two daughters. They also had two stepsons, from Sherry Rollins' previous marriage.
Why have we highlighted this? At its 27 student-housing properties around the country, Campus Crest Communities essentially is selling an image to college students and their parents. Ted Rollins presents himself as a CEO who is concerned about providing wholesome, healthful living environments for young people--to promote their academic and personal growth.
All of that raises this legitimate question: How does Ted Rollins treat his own children? How do his own children fare when they are on his watch?
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