A Los Angeles legal recruitment firm is facing a lawsuit alleging its CEO ordered employees to trawl a sexually explicit LGBT massage directory to find her an in-home male masseuse, then punished a worker who objected.
The lawsuit, filed against Amy Kossoris, owner of Kossoris Search Inc., claims that in May 2025 Kossoris directed an employee to find a male at-home massage therapist through Masseurfinder.com, a site that markets itself as “the web’s best directory of LGBTQI-friendly massage therapists and bodyworkers in the United States.”
According to the suit, Kossoris told staff to find a therapist “willing to perform specific and highly personal massage services,” requiring employees to review sexualized material and negotiate personal service details with prospective providers.
“Plaintiff and her co-workers were required to review sexualized content or otherwise inappropriate content and communicate with prospective providers about personal service details,” the lawsuit states.
Employee Kaynaz Farhood says the site was blocked by the company’s internet filters, forcing her to use her own personal device to search for candidates.
The suit alleges that the massage therapists repeatedly declined the job, citing safety concerns and complaints about Kossoris’ “past history of being physically and verbally aggressive.”
Complaints and retaliation
Employees raised objections to the assignment in June 2025. Management responded by telling them to keep searching for a male in-home therapist for Kossoris, but to stop using Masseurfinder.com specifically, the lawsuit says.
Farhood says she told management the task “crossed professional boundaries” and made her “feel deeply uncomfortable.” A manager allegedly warned staff they would be fired if they failed to “provide multiple screened masseuses daily, advertise anonymously on several online platforms, and personally screen candidates before forwarding them to Kossoris.”
Farhood alleges she was later demoted to a cold-calling role, stripped of her office, and made to sit in a hallway facing surveillance cameras. She claims Kossoris at one point told her in front of colleagues that she didn’t deserve an office. Farhood resigned in September 2025 and is now suing for damages and attorney fees.
Kossoris’ company website describes her as “an established and internationally recognized legal recruiter” who has worked with top-ranked law firms for more than 20 years, adding that she “never delegates job placements to other staff, and personally executes every placement with extreme care.”
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