While a former lawsuit against Chris Nevada by plaintiff Misty Carter was recently dismissed with prejudice, with each party bearing their own costs according to the PacerMonitor website, the local realtor now faces a new lawsuit alleging more sexual misconduct he vehemently denies.
The new September 4th lawsuit was filed by former Nevada Real Estate Group employee Paul Gilsdorf, seeking over $15,000 in damages for multiple separate items, totaling over seven figures in all.
It was filed in Clark County and pertains to Gilsdorf being allegedly fired after speaking up against Nevada, the group’s owner, to other superiors while working in Reno.
It explains how Gilsdorf was hired as director of growth at the Nevada Real Estate Group in July 2022, and tasked with recruiting real estate agents.
It then alleges Nevada would constantly brag about sexual relations he was having with female employees, and that certain employees should be hired for the “primary purpose of pursuing a sexual relationship with them.”
The lawsuit says Nevada directed Gilsdorf to send over only “attractive and young women” for recruitment interviews, and that he would be reprimanded if he didn’t adhere to this rule.
On his LinkedIn Gilsdorf indicates that during his time with the Nevada Real Estate Group he managed the growth of the “highest producing real estate team in Nevada,” “sourced and hired 113 real estate professionals in less than 13 months,” and “assisted with establishing brokerage in state, transitioning team from eXp Realty to LPT Realty.”
More allegations concern a female employee’s specific complaints against Nevada, followed by Gilsdorf immediately seeking guidance from the Nevada Real Estate Group CEO Tyler Cornu concerning Nevada’s behavior.
At the time, Gilsdorf says his report was also sent to LPT Realty, but without any repercussions. The Nevada Real Estate Group is one of the largest real estate teams in the state, and part of the LPT Realty group.
In an email to Our Town Reno this week, 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."
After being messaged on Instagram, Cornu wrote back an identical word for word message that Nevada sent us, with the only difference of I being substituted by Chris. We also wrote the CEO of LPT Realty, Robert Palmer, but did not hear back from him.
The extensive lawsuit describes an office culture where Nevada allegedly slept with women employees in exchange for money, job security, company sponsored trips and fast advancement.
It says Gilsdorf was terminated in August 2023, which Nevada disputes, saying it was a resignation.
In contrast, point 34 of the 11-page lawsuit states Gilsdorf’s termination was a result of “Chris Nevada finding out that Plaintiff had reported his inappropriate conduct with the female employees.”
Gilsdorf alleges that after he no longer worked at Nevada Real Estate Group, Nevada then sent multiple threatening text messages. As a result, Gilsdorf says he suffered from lost wages, other damages and emotional distress, requiring “professional treatment.”
Gilsdorf has retained the services of the Kang and Associates law firm.
While doing research for this article, we found that Nevada previously operated with the same profile picture as now in Alaska but with a different last name, Druesedow.
When asked about this name change, Nevada responded: “I legally changed it over six years ago. In the state of Nevada your real estate team has to be called by your last name, so I changed it to Nevada so we can be called the Nevada Real Estate Group. I was adopted and had no contact with my parents so the last name didn't have a significance to me.”
On docketalarm, we found a 2014 case called Druesedow, Christopher K vs. Uei, Katherine J FAP, which was also dismissed with prejudice.
In his emails to Our Town Reno, Nevada also asked why we had never done a follow up article on “Misty Smith,” to which we responded we had not been aware there had been a resolution until looking into this second lawsuit.
Carter has a current LinkedIn which is called Misty Carter Homes, where she still lists herself as a Reno-based realtor. Her lawyer Mark Mausert responded to an email, but said he had no comment for this story.
In January of this year, we reported on how the Reno-based real estate agent Carter filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court of Nevada against Nevada, the owner of the Reno-based Nevada Real Estate Group, saying she was sexually harassed and then fired in retaliation for resisting his advances.
In an emailed response to Our Town Reno at the time, Nevada denied those accusations.
Our Town Reno reporting, September 2024