New court documents from June 9th indicate parts of a lawsuit by Paul Gilsdorf against the owner of the Nevada Real Estate Group local realtor Chris Nevada are now going forward.
The upheld parts of the Gilsdorf lawsuit now being considered in Washoe County concern wrongful termination and intentional infliction of emotional distress, while allegations about unfair treatment due to gender and retaliation were dropped as the document indicates Nevada couldn’t be held liable in legal terms as an employer due to how real estate work is organized.
As part of the allegations stated in the document the plaintiff alleges Nevada would brag about sexual relations he was having with female employees and directed the plaintiff to send over attractive and young women for recruitment interviews, and would then allegedly offer money, job security and other benefits to female employees in exchange for sexual favors.
The document explaining why parts of the lawsuit can go forward indicates "allegations of an employer using their position of influence as leverage to coerce female employees to engage in sexual relations, and then proceeding to brag about such alleged relations, directly involve the public policy of protecting those in the workplace from an allegedly open and hostile sexual manipulation where one manipulates their position of power over their employees for sexual gain."
It also outlines that "after being allegedly subjected to a toxic work environment, and upon his termination, it is alleged that Mr. Nevada, on behalf of Defendant, threatened Plaintiff with a lawsuit and threatened to contact Plaintiff’s future employers. These actions, when taken as a whole, go beyond mere termination, therefore making such claims viable at this current time."
Our Town Reno has previously reported about another recent case against Nevada by plaintiff Misty Carter which was dismissed with prejudice, with each party bearing their own costs according to the PacerMonitor website.
The Gilsdorf lawsuit initially filed in Clark County pertains to Gilsdorf, a former Nevada Real Estate Group employee, being allegedly fired after speaking up against Nevada, the group’s owner, to other superiors while working in Reno.
Gilsdorf was hired as director of growth at the Nevada Real Estate Group in July 2022, and tasked with recruiting real estate agents.
In an email sent to Our Town Reno about this case last year Nevada wrote: "Paul Gilsdorf voluntarily resigned from the team; he was not terminated. He expressed dissatisfaction after his request for a pay raise was denied. Three team members have confirmed that Paul shared his decision to join Cody Gibson from Keller Williams as their new recruiter and moving to Oregon, and that he was resigning from his current position. These team members have provided signed affidavits attesting to this. Additionally, I have an email from Paul confirming his resignation, along with a text message from me wishing him well in his future endeavors. It is clear that he is attempting to extort $15,000 from the company. He has no case and this will be dismissed very quickly, and I will be seeking damages from him for his false accusations."
While doing research on these cases, we found that Nevada previously operated with the same profile picture as now in Alaska but with a different last name Druesedow.
On docketalarm, we found a 2014 case called Druesedow, Christopher K vs. Uei, Katherine J FAP, which was also dismissed with prejudice, while this latest local case remains pending.
Our Town Reno reporting, June 11, 2025