A lawsuit filed in Michigan’s Wayne County Circuit Court has revealed that former Detroit Red Wings Zamboni driver Al Sobotka was fired for peeing into a drain at Little Caesars Arena in February.
The lawsuit alleges the 68-year-old was discriminated against based on his age and disability, violating Michigan’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, the Detroit Free Press reported on Wednesday.
According to his lawyers, the disability that Sobotka suffers from is benign prostatic hypertrophy, which causes frequent and uncontrollable needs to urinate.
The alleged infraction occurred on Feb. 2, when a fellow male employee found Sobotka urinating into a drain in the arena’s Zamboni garage after cleaning the ice rink.