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A former supervisor at a Branford, Connecticut, cannabis dispensary has withdrawn her claims that her colleagues targeted her for being transgender and tried to get her in trouble at work by falsely claiming she was high on the job, targeting that allegedly led to her termination.

Livia Bacon withdrew her claims Thursday in a filing with the Superior Court of Connecticut, where she brought her original complaint in December before her former employer removed the case to federal court in February. Her withdrawal comes just more than a week after Rise Branford, her former employer, filed its answer to her April amended complaint on May 21.

In her suit, Bacon said some of her superiors had created a hostile work environment, which included "barking orders" at her and treating her with disrespect while not treating cisgender employees in the same demeaning way. Bacon also said she was "blindsided" by a supervisor who allegedly harangued her for being under the influence at work when she in fact had used a CBD vape pen in her car, which the suit said could not make her high, unlike a THC vape pen.

According to the amended complaint filed in April, Bacon reported to human resources that she felt she was being treated unfairly because she was undergoing gender transition at the time. Bacon said the company failed to investigate her discrimination claims and as such never did anything about the purported hostile work environment, but did terminate her in May 2023 over the CBD vape pen.

Bacon said other, cisgender employees had shown up to work high in the past and received no more than a verbal warning. She said she was being "singled out" and given disparate treatment because of her gender identity. Bacon's withdrawal filing did not elaborate on why she was pulling out of her suit.

The suit sought damages for lost wages and employment along with emotional distress, as well as an order awarding Bacon attorney fees and costs. In its answer to her amended complaint, Rise Branford said it treated her the same as all its other employees and that terminating her was "for legitimate and lawful business purposes."

Counsel for the parties did not immediately respond to requests for comment Monday.

Bacon is represented by Rebecca Harris of Cicchiello & Cicchiello LLP.

Rise Branford is represented by Elizabeth R. McKenna and James H. Golicz of Littler Mendelson PC.

The federal case is Bacon v. GTI Rock Island LLC, case number 3:24-cv-00214, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. The state case is Bacon v. Green Thumb Industries Inc. dba Rise Branford, case number AAN-CV24-6054131-S, in the Ansonia-Milford Judicial District of the Connecticut Superior Court at Milford.