A former housekeeper has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against a popular Bar Harbor glamping resort, alleging her ex-employer discriminated against her on the basis of her race and gender.
Sharonda Boston, of Las Vegas, claims Terramor Outdoor Resorts retaliated against her — moving her in 2025 from a supervisory housing unit to a regular employee housing complex — after she filed repeated complaints regarding a contractor’s sex-based insult and various housing-related issues.
The lawsuit, centered around housemate drama and lack of managerial oversight, comes roughly a year after the alleged racial and gender discrimination occurred. Terramor is often cited by travel blogs and media outlets as one of the most unique glamping resorts in the United States.
Boston filed the civil rights lawsuit against Kampground of America, Inc., Terramor’s parent company, in federal court on Oct. 13, according to the United States District Court of Maine filing.
Boston, a Black woman who was Terramor’s lead housekeeper from mid-August through late October 2025, said she kept a detailed log of incidents she experienced at work and in her onsite housing that included “repeated disturbances, unusual staff presence around her work and living areas, concerns about privacy and conduct she perceived as intimidating and targeted.”
The former employee presented her concerns to Terramor management, who suggested she should move from her current supervisory living complex to other employee housing, according to the filing.
Boston, who is representing herself in the lawsuit, alleges Terramor’s management then failed to address an incident involving a landscaping contractor who called her a sex-specific expletive. Upon reporting the incident, Boston was instructed to “stay out of the contractors’ way and discouraged her from videotaping people,” according to her complaint.
Following her complaint regarding the contractor, management then ordered her to move out of the supervisory housing, immediately, according to the court filing. Management said Boston was “‘making everyone uncomfortable’ and causing others to ‘walk on eggshells.’”
Boston did not receive any formal disciplinary action related to the mandatory housing change, she said, adding that she also contacted KOA human resources on the matter.
“[The plaintiff alleges] that race and color were motivating factors in the manner in which she was singled out, removed from supervisor housing, treated in employee housing, and denied the level of protection and response she repeatedly requested from management and HR,” according to the lawsuit.
After the move, Boston continued to experience disruptions in her living space, including “repeated loud banging, door slamming, stomping and shared-wall disturbances,” the lawsuit says. The disruptions interfered with Boston’s sleep patterns and caused her emotional harm, according to the complaint.
She found her new room in disarray, with dust, trash, stagnant water and other cleanliness problems that weren’t addressed before her relocation, according to the lawsuit.
“[The] plaintiff alleges that the combined treatment in the workplace and employer housing, the gendered insult and management response, the removal from housing specifically tied to her supervisory position, the conditions after the move, the different housing-departure treatment she reported, and KOA’s response after repeated complaints caused significant anxiety, sleep disruption, hypervigilance, emotional distress, and impairment of her ability to rest and function normally,” according to the filing.
A Terramor spokesperson declined to comment Friday on the pending litigation.
Boston, who is requesting a jury trial, did not respond Friday to multiple inquiries from the Bangor Daily News.