In the US during 2003 (any time really post 9/11), innocent people would sooner be accused of almost anything before being accused a terrorist.
Staff of the company committed two wrongs:
First they discriminated against her.
Second, they then conspired against her.
To those who have trouble understanding the level of comp', I suggest you will find a most substantial part of it was for the second offence. The jury of her peers set the comp'.
Good luck to her.
The Wombat