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 91裸聊视频渋s no reasonable prospect91裸聊视频� 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 91裸聊视频渟eeking help with sex addiction.91裸聊视频�

Westcoast had countered that the steps against Rutherford were taken as a result of 91裸聊视频渉arassing behaviour that was rendering staff and other clients uncomfortable.91裸聊视频�

Tribunal member Emily Ohler found that, 91裸聊视频淲hile the timing could weigh in favour of Mr. Rutherford91裸聊视频檚 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. Rutherford91裸聊视频檚 mental disability was a factor in the behaviour Westcoast points to as informing its decision to bar him.

91裸聊视频淩ather, it is reasonably certain the Respondent would establish its non-discriminatory explanation of having chosen to ask Mr. Rutherford to practice elsewhere because of his 91裸聊视频榗onstant harassing by text, email and phone to teachers and the studio91裸聊视频� with his allegations of gossip and his upset over the Coach not accepting him as a client at her business 91裸聊视频� behaviours that were causing conflict and discomfort for staff and clients.91裸聊视频�

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, 91裸聊视频淢r. Rutherford says that the Coach 91裸聊视频榙enied the writer help with depression, adjustment disorder and help with relationships,91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频� the reasons state.

91裸聊视频淪he told the owner instead of offering help.

91裸聊视频淲estcoast says this was when things escalated.91裸聊视频�

Rutherford admitted, the reasons note, that he contacted the employee 91裸聊视频減artly due to my mental disability as she is an attractive healthy woman.91裸聊视频�

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 91裸聊视频渁t some point in 2017.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗e says that after this, staff began to be less friendly to him and alleges they were looking at him differently and gossiping about him.91裸聊视频�

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He also complained that he was no longer permitted to purchase a five-class package that he had 91裸聊视频渞outinely91裸聊视频� purchased previously.

Rutherford further alleged that a Westcoast staff member who he ran into at a coffee shop in February 2018 said to him 91裸聊视频渨e don91裸聊视频檛 think you91裸聊视频檙e that healthy mentally.91裸聊视频�

He spoke with the studio owner around March 25, 2018, to 91裸聊视频渢ry to resolve the changes in his interactions with Westcoast.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淗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,91裸聊视频� the reasons state.

Westcoast officials told the tribunal that Rutherford91裸聊视频檚 mental health 91裸聊视频渉ad nothing to do with any of its actions.91裸聊视频�

91裸聊视频淩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.91裸聊视频�

Westcoast 91裸聊视频渁sserts that the reason he was ultimately asked to practice yoga elsewhere was when he failed to 91裸聊视频榮top harassing us with emails and false accusations against teachers.91裸聊视频�91裸聊视频�

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