24-06-2025
Events manager thrown in pool on work trip sues for £250,000
A health brand is being sued for £250,000 after an employee was thrown into a swimming pool at a five-star hotel during a work trip to Mauritius.
Chloe Hewitt, 26, says she landed on broken glass after she was thrown into a pool 'in jest' by intoxicated colleagues who had been enjoying a free bar on the island.
The event was organised by Herbalife, a health drink company often criticised as a 'pyramid scheme', for its salespeople.
Hewitt, of Weybridge, Surrey, emerged from the water bleeding after cutting her foot on the bottom of the pool, sustaining nerve damage that has since required two operations and physiotherapy.
She is suing the company's European arm, Uxbridge-based Herbalife Europe, claiming more than £250,000 in damages on the basis that it had not done enough to ensure the event was safe.
