Westin Times Square Hotel baker awarded $3M by federal jury because hotel spied on him

A hotel baker who claimed he was tormented with vile taunts and even physically abused at work was awarded $3 million by a federal jury Wednesday.

But Moises Mendez's tale of being mocked for stomach scars and his ethnicity at the Westin Times Square Hotel isn't what swayed jurors.

Instead, they decided he deserved a whole lot of dough because after he complained, the hotel installed a hidden camera over his work station. The jury awarded Mendez $1 million for pain and suffering and ordered Westin and parent company Starwood Hotels to pay him $2 million in punitive damages. "It is like a big building has been lifted from my shoulders," Mendez said. "They spied on me and wanted to find ways to get rid of me. It shows what I went through just trying to do my job."

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