A New York pharmacist claims she was a victim of sex discrimination when a Long Island karate center allegedly banned her over an affair she had with one of their instructors. 

Kristin Fabbio-Hamelburg, a wife and mother of two boys, said her husband has forgiven her for the tryst, but the owner of the karate center has not, according to a complaint filed with the state Division of Human Rights that was obtained by the New York Daily News. 

Fabbio-Hamelburg told the Daily News that she earned her training certificate at the Rockville Centre Tiger Schulmann karate center on Long Island. 

But the owner, Jobin George, banned her from the center and through his lawyer, Aaron Kleinmann, said it was not jealousy or puritanical zeal, but her husband’s threats and frequent drop-ins that prompted the banishment.

Kristin Fabbio-Hamelburg claims she was a victim of sex discrimination when a Long Island karate center allegedly banned her over an affair with one of their instructors

Kristin Fabbio-Hamelburg claims she was a victim of sex discrimination when a Long Island karate center allegedly banned her over an affair with one of their instructors

Fabbio-Hamelburg said she earned her training certificate at the Rockville Centre Tiger Schulmann karate center on Long Island, but it was yanked following the affair

Fabbio-Hamelburg said she earned her training certificate at the Rockville Centre Tiger Schulmann karate center on Long Island, but it was yanked following the affair

According to the Division of Human Rights complaint, George said that they didn’t want her back ‘to preserve the health and safety of the gym’s committed staff members and students.’

Emails in the complaint show the back and forth between George and Fabbio-Hamelburg, which showed his uneasiness with the couple’s domestic issues. 

‘A scorn [sic] husband can do crazy things, and your presence makes everyone uncomfortable because your husband is a threat,’ George wrote to Kristin Fabbio-Hamelburg.

Some of the other emails paint a picture of a jilted spouse about complaining Fabbio-Hamelburg and insisting that he was not a threat to the karate center.  

Owner Jobin George banned her from the center and through his lawyer, Aaron Kleinmann, said it was not jealousy or puritanical zeal, but her husband's threats and frequent drop-ins that prompted the banishment

Owner Jobin George banned her from the center and through his lawyer, Aaron Kleinmann, said it was not jealousy or puritanical zeal, but her husband’s threats and frequent drop-ins that prompted the banishment

The affair between Fabbio-Hamelburg and the karate instructor began in 2019 when she took up martial arts at the center during a special Mother's Day class

The affair between Fabbio-Hamelburg and the karate instructor began in 2019 when she took up martial arts at the center during a special Mother’s Day class 

Her husband Daniel Hamelburg wrote an email to the owner insisting that he was not a threat to the karate center

Her husband Daniel Hamelburg wrote an email to the owner insisting that he was not a threat to the karate center

‘I am NOT a threat to your school. I know it appears that way,’ Daniel Hamelburg wrote in the email.

‘You don’t know the real me, you only see the cheated-on, beaten-down husband I have become over the past 2 years, which were a nightmare for me.’ 

He did admit to raising his voice at the center.  

‘To show you more of who I am, after my visit in August, yes I visited him again, we sat down in the office like gentlemen & I apologize for my first visit,’ he wrote. ‘Kristin has been pushing me to a breaking point. It isn’t fair, not just am I depressed but the kids are affected too.’

The affair between Fabbio-Hamelburg and the karate instructor began in 2019 when she took up martial arts at the center during a special Mother’s Day class. 

‘My oldest son started training there and then there was a Mother’s Day class, so I attended the class because my son asked me to,’ Fabbio-Hamelburg told the Daily News. ‘I never knew it was so satisfying to punch something.’

She became a certified karate instructor in 2021 and started teaching classes. 

‘It was my outlet — my stress release — for two and half years until Jobin decided randomly to fire me,’ she said. 

Fabbio-Hamelburg did admit to the affair, meeting up on occasion at the training center. 

‘We messed around a little inside the school on, like, two occasions, one of which Jobin claimed to have video, but I don’t know, he was never able to produce it,’ she said.

The owner eventually pulled her certification but did not punish the instructor she had an affair with, who was not named, she claimed. 

Fabbio-Hamelburg added that she is working things out with her husband and wants to be able to train and teach at other Tiger Schulmann locations. 

DailyMail

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