By Dorothy Atkins (May 20, 2022, 9:13 PM EDT) — A former McDonald’s assistant manager sued two McDonald’s franchise companies in Georgia federal court Thursday, claiming he was retaliated against for refusing to defraud the Paycheck Protection Program and for complaining about an allegedly hostile work environment that promoted drug use, racism and sexual harassment.

In a 19-page complaint, Stephen Wilkes of Duluth, Georgia, accused Ventures McDonalds and Messer Ventures, which are owned by Paul Messer and his sister Lynn Messer, respectively, of running a scheme to defraud the federal government out of COVID-19 relief funds.

Wilkes alleges the owners allowed the restaurants’ middle-management to fill out bogus paperwork to receive…

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