A man who alleged that disclosure of his sex addiction led to him eventually being barred from a White Rock yoga studio has had his complaint dismissed by the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal.

According to a decision released by the tribunal on Aug. 23, there 香蕉视频直播渋s no reasonable prospect香蕉视频直播� that facts brought forward by Erik Rutherford against Westcoast Hot Yoga will be proven at a hearing.

According to Rutherford, the alleged discrimination began after he told a staff member he was 香蕉视频直播渟eeking help with sex addiction.香蕉视频直播�

Westcoast had countered that the steps against Rutherford were taken as a result of 香蕉视频直播渉arassing behaviour that was rendering staff and other clients uncomfortable.香蕉视频直播�

Tribunal member Emily Ohler found that, 香蕉视频直播淲hile the timing could weigh in favour of Mr. Rutherford香蕉视频直播檚 assertion that his disclosure of his mental disability factored into the treatment he received, there is nothing in the materials that could support a finding that Mr. Rutherford香蕉视频直播檚 mental disability was a factor in the behaviour Westcoast points to as informing its decision to bar him.

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At the time of the complaint to the tribunal, Rutherford had been a client of Westcoast for about eight years, the reasons state.

Ohler notes that Rutherford filed a complaint in June 2018 with the Better Business Bureau, after a Westcoast employee who has her own personal-coaching business outside of the yoga studio declined to accept him as a client once he told her he was looking for help with sex addiction.

The employee said it was not her field of expertise, the reasons state.

In the BBB complaint, 香蕉视频直播淢r. Rutherford says that the Coach 香蕉视频直播榙enied the writer help with depression, adjustment disorder and help with relationships,香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈�� the reasons state.

香蕉视频直播淪he told the owner instead of offering help.

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Rutherford admitted, the reasons note, that he contacted the employee 香蕉视频直播減artly due to my mental disability as she is an attractive healthy woman.香蕉视频直播�

In his complaint to the tribunal, Rutherford said he felt comfortable speaking freely about his personal life because he was a long-standing client, and disclosed his previous struggles with addiction to staff 香蕉视频直播渁t some point in 2017.香蕉视频直播�

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He also complained that he was no longer permitted to purchase a five-class package that he had 香蕉视频直播渞outinely香蕉视频直播� purchased previously.

Rutherford further alleged that a Westcoast staff member who he ran into at a coffee shop in February 2018 said to him 香蕉视频直播渨e don香蕉视频直播檛 think you香蕉视频直播檙e that healthy mentally.香蕉视频直播�

He spoke with the studio owner around March 25, 2018, to 香蕉视频直播渢ry to resolve the changes in his interactions with Westcoast.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淗e says he explained that addictions and depression are common among professionals, and that practicing yoga helped him recover from his prior addictions to alcohol and pornography and he was now nine-years sober,香蕉视频直播� the reasons state.

Westcoast officials told the tribunal that Rutherford香蕉视频直播檚 mental health 香蕉视频直播渉ad nothing to do with any of its actions.香蕉视频直播�

香蕉视频直播淩ather, the problem was that after the Coach declined to accept him as a client of her business, Mr. Rutherford began phoning, texting and emailing Westcoast staff at all hours, making staff and some clients uncomfortable. It says it asked Mr. Rutherford to stop but he did not.香蕉视频直播�

Westcoast 香蕉视频直播渁sserts that the reason he was ultimately asked to practice yoga elsewhere was when he failed to 香蕉视频直播榮top harassing us with emails and false accusations against teachers.香蕉视频直播櫹憬妒悠抵辈��

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