Chron.com - A young woman is suing TGI Friday's Inc. for negligence, claiming she asked to use a phone and ended up being raped by a Webster restaurant employee who was a registered sex offender.

According to the lawsuit filed Monday in Harris County Civil District Court, the woman known as Jane Doe was 17 at the time of the incident on May 20, 2011.

The employee pleaded guilty to felony sexual assault on July 13, 2012, and is now in prison, according to the plaintiff's petition filed by attorney Rusty Hardin. Continue