All posts tagged "Sexual Harassment"

A reporter called out omissions in a congressman's response to sexual harassment allegations after he failed to deny key details.

Axios congressional reporter Kate Santaliz noted that in a Tuesday article about Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC), he made glaring omissions in his denial of allegations he summed up as a "shovel of horses---."

"Nowhere in this story does Edwards deny sending a young female staffer a three-page handwritten letter telling her she had 'written a complex chapter in my heart,'" Santaliz wrote in an X post, referring to allegations she laid out in earlier reporting. ...

New details have come to light about the ethics investigation into a GOP congressman.

CNN senior correspondents Annie Grayer and MJ Lee revealed on Thursday that a House Ethics Committee is opening an investigation into GOP Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC) over sexual harassment accusations.

"The committee was recently contacted by a witness, who described having witnessed improper behavior," CNN reported. "CNN could not immediately learn the precise nature of the improper behavior." ...

Former "GMA" host Joan Lunden has alleged that her former ABC boss sexually harassed her during the early days of her career, according to a USA Today report Tuesday.

Lunden co-anchored the morning show from 1980 to 1997 and revealed that the harassment happened during her time as host at WABC when she was just 25 years old. She did not identify the former boss connected to the allegations.

The Emmy-nominated broadcaster detailed her experiences as a reporter and anchor at the New York station from 1975 until she joined "GMA" in 1980 in her new book "Joan: Life Beyond the Script." In the book, she referred to her former boss as "Ted," who asked her to join a work meet-up on Fire Island, calling the event a "good opportunity for you to socialize with the rest of the team."...

A woman who sued a Houston congressional candidate last week is now the target of an online doxxing attempt via a website that describes her as “dirty and shameless” and encourages readers to call and text her and her parents, while listing their phone numbers and home address.

“Tell her what she did is WRONG,” the website says beneath the woman’s telephone number. “And tell her about Karma!”

The site also goes after the woman’s attorney, saying she is “known for exaggeration and targeting high-profile individuals for financial gain.”...

Sexist comments allegedly made by Donald Trump's former attorney, Rudy Giuliani, have been made public in recent court filings, according to news reports.

Giuliani, who is currently exposed legally due to being named as a co-conspirator in Trump's indictment for allegedly engaging in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election, is being sued by a woman who said she felt pressured to be both Giuliani's girlfriend and his staffer, too. The plaintiff, Noelle Dunphy, said in May that she had audio recordings of Giuliani's unethical behavior.

Now, those recordings have found their way into the court record in Dunphy's suit, according to the Daily Beast. And they aren't pretty....

Egyptian police have arrested seven men accused of sexually assaulting women at celebrations marking President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi's inauguration, officials said Monday, as a graphic video of one such attack triggered outrage.