Las Vegas Construction Worker Sues After Colleague Calls Bible ‘stupid’ And Mocks Jesus

A dense instrumentality usability successful Las Vegas claims he was subjected to “persistent belief harassment” by a coworker who, among different things, deemed nan Bible arsenic fiction, according to a national suit reviewed by The Independent.

In a title revenge June 4, Anthony Spor-Orellana, a devout Christian, says nan unnamed workfellow mocked his transverse necklace, stated “loudly… that nan Bible is ‘stupid,’ and said that existent believers person been deluded by “fairy tales.”

The 27-year-old Sin City resident besides says he discovered a Jesus figurine he kept successful his front-end loader “had been mutilated, pinch its hands and eyes trim disconnected and evident stab wounds inflicted upon it,” according to nan complaint.

“Mr. Spor-Orellana reported nan vandalism to his foreman, who acknowledged it but took nary meaningful corrective action,” nan title alleges.

After Mr. Spor-Orellana – who besides has a hep information – went to management, he says he was fired successful retaliation for making waves.

Just 20 percent of Americans believe nan Bible is nan literal connection of God, according to a 2022 Gallup canvass – half what nan number was successful 1984. At nan aforesaid time, 29 percent of respondents – an all-time precocious – said they considered nan Bible to beryllium a compendium of “fables, legends, history and civilized precepts recorded by man.” About 28 percent of Americans opportunity belief is “not very important” successful their ain lives, 24 percent declare nary belief affiliation, and, successful a 2025 poll, 57 percent said they “seldom aliases never” be belief services.

Earlier this year, a blimpish Christian man moving for nan Los Angeles Department of Public Works sued aft being denied support to activity remotely during Pride Month, frankincense requiring him to spot nan Progress Pride flag being flown astatine section office “multiple times passim each moving day.” On nan flip broadside of nan coin, 2 labor moving for a North Carolina building services institution sued successful 2022 aft being fired for refusing to participate successful mandatory regular dream meetings.

Las Vegas Paving, Spor-Orellana’s erstwhile employer and a national contractor that has received more than $120 cardinal successful U.S. authorities contracts since 2003, did not instantly respond Friday to a petition for comment.

Spor-Orellana began moving for Las Vegas Paving successful December 2022, arsenic a front-end loader operator, according to his title successful U.S. District Court for nan District of Nevada.

A onetime precocious schoolhouse shot subordinate whose Facebook page shows a consequent stint successful nan U.S. Army, Spor-Orellana took aesculapian time off successful July 2024 for hep replacement surgery, nan title states. That December, Spor-Orellana underwent a 2nd hep replacement procedure, it says.

Following nan 2 operations, Spor-Orellana had occasional trouble sitting, standing, and walking, nan title goes on.

“When Mr. Spor-Orellana returned to activity successful aliases astir March 2025, he continued to acquisition ongoing symptom and discomfort from his hep condition,” nan title contends. “To negociate his disablement and execute nan functions of his position, Mr. Spor-Orellana required a reasonable accommodation, including nan usage of a spot cushion successful his instrumentality and nan expertise to periodically set his seated position to relieve hep discomfort.”

The pursuing month, according to nan complaint, “a coworker subjected Mr. Spor-Orellana to ongoing and unwelcome harassment because of his Christian faith, including mocking his transverse necklace and loudly stating that nan Bible is ‘stupid’ and that those who judge successful it are ‘believing successful fairy tales.’”

Last September, Spor-Orellana recovered nan Jesus figurine successful his front-end loader had been damaged, nan title continues.

On October 7, 2025, Spor-Orellana claims he almost collided pinch nan aforesaid coworker who allegedly badmouthed nan Bible, forcing him to “brake sharply” to debar hitting nan different man’s motortruck pinch his loader. The 2 astir came to blows successful nan aftermath, nan title states.

“Mr. Spor-Orellana revenge a general workplace information title regarding nan incident,” it says. “Las Vegas Paving took nary meaningful corrective action, and nan coworker remained employed.”

However, Spor-Orellana was fired 3 days later, connected “a mendacious and pretextual basis,” according to nan complaint, which does not specify nan logic he was purportedly given.

“In reality, Las Vegas Paving wrongfully terminated Mr. Spor-Orellana successful favoritism based connected his belief and disability,” nan title alleges, adding that Spor-Orellana had been “subjected to slurs, insults, jokes, different verbal comments, and/or intimidation” astatine work.

Spor-Orellana claims Las Vegas Paving had a work to “prevent and promptly correct” nan alleged harassment, but “breached its work by failing to remedy” nan issue.

On Wednesday, he revenge a favoritism complaint pinch some nan U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and nan Nevada Equal Rights Commission, receiving a right-to-sue announcement connected Thursday. His attorneys, who did not respond to a petition for comment, revenge suit connected his behalf nan aforesaid day.

“[T]he behaviour of Defendant Las Vegas Paving Corporation was bad and committed successful willful and conscious disregard of Plaintiff’s authorities to activity successful a workplace free of unlawful harassment, aliases nan economical and affectional distress specified harassment and favoritism would cause,” Spor-Orellana’s title states.

It further says he has suffered “physical and intelligence injury, and will proceed to suffer awesome financial, intelligence and affectional injury, symptom and distress.”

Spor-Orellana is now seeking compensatory damages for mislaid earnings, salary, bonuses, and mislaid benefits; liquidated damages; affectional distress damages; and punitive and exemplary damages “in an magnitude capable to punish Defendant Las Vegas Paving Corporation,” positive pre-judgment and post-judgment liking and attorneys’ fees and tribunal costs.

Las Vegas Paving now has astir 3 weeks to record a general reply to nan allegations.