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'Ink Master' judges Oliver Peck, left, and Chris Nunez, right, are the subjects of a lawsuit alleging they sexually harassed a production assistant.

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A Springfield woman is suing cable network Spike TV, Viacom and two celebrity tattoo artists, claiming she was sexually harassed and wrongfully fired from the reality show "Ink Master" last fall.

Nicoletta Robinson, 25, worked as a production assistant from Oct. 29 to Nov. 8, primarily serving as a driver and assistant to Oliver Peck and Chris Nunez, two judges on the tattoo artist competition program, according to the lawsuit, which was filed in Manhattan last Friday.

Though she only worked there 10 days, Robinson was allegedly subjected to offensive sexual comments, inappropriate touching and sexual advances from Peck and Nunez, according to the lawsuit.

On various occasions, including while she was driving, Peck would allegedly poke and tickle her under her arms and on her legs, squeeze her legs, and pinch her. He would also allegedly pull her seatbelt tightly across her breasts as she drove, the suit says.

The men allegedly talked openly about sex acts, then asked Robinson if she liked performing them, according to the lawsuit.

Robinson witnessed the men make offensive and derogatory comments about female contestants on “Ink Master,” female co-workers, and various women who worked in their tattoo shops, the lawsuit alleges.

Robinson reported the harassment multiple times to her female supervisor, the lawsuit says. The supervisor also saw Robinson “crying uncontrollably” on more than one occasion.

But when Robinson asked to arrange a meeting with Peck and Nunez, the supervisor told her it would be “a bad idea, and would cause (them) to act more hostile and inappropriately to her,” the suit states.

According to the lawsuit, Spike TV and parent company Viacom failed to take any corrective action, and failed to have a mechanism in place for Robinson to formally register her complaint.

After several talks with the supervisor, Robinson was told that another production assistant would start performing her tasks and she would be used in a different role, the suit says. But she was effectively terminated after that, as she was never reassigned and not asked to come back after Nov. 8.

The suit seeks an unspecified amount of money for compensatory and emotional damage, as well as lost pay.

Attorneys for the defendants did not return calls seeking comment.

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