Ex employee sues Batman creator and his girlfriend

A former employee of 'Batman' creator Frank Miller is suing the author, alleging that she was put through hell by his girlfriend Kimberly Cox.

Joanna Gallardo-Mills, 41, has filed a lawsuit against Miller and Cox in a Manhattan Supreme Court, seeking unspecified damages for discrimination and mental anguish, the New York Post reported.

In the lawsuit Gallardo-Mills claims that Cox smeared her work area with feces, destroyed her printer with a hammer, threw phones at her, and even left a used sanitary napkin by her desk while she was working for the author in July 2010.

"Nobody should have to work under those conditions," said her lawyer Matthew Blit.

Gallardo-Mills claims she was sacked for complaining about Cox's behaviour.

The suit says Gallardo-Mills went to work for Miller -- whose 1986 Batman comic series "The Dark Knight Returns' is considered revolutionary -- as an executive coordinator in November 2008.

The Philippines native said she soon started having problems with Miller's much younger girlfriend, who would make fun of Gallardo-Mills' accent, the suit claims.

The suit notes Gallardo-Mills "has lived in the United States for over 20 years, is fully fluent in English, and only spoke English in her professional capacity" with Miller.

Cox said she was "shocked" by the suit.

"We didn't know this was going forward because she was offered a very heavy settlement and declined," she said.

After Gallardo-Mills complained, Miller eventually agreed to let her work out of her home to keep her away from Cox.

A representative for Miller did not return the call, Post said.

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