Dazed and accused

[jacksmar]

https://www.yahoo.com/gma/garrison-keillor-fired-minnesota-public-radio-over-alleged-184405967--abc-news-topstories.html

Garrison Keillor fired by Minnesota Public Radio over alleged 'inappropriate behavior'

Minnesota Public Radio said it has fired Garrison Keillor over allegations of "inappropriate behavior."

In a statement posted on its website today, the public radio network announced it is terminating its contracts with him and his private media companies "after recently learning of allegations of his inappropriate behavior with an individual who worked with him." Keillor, the former host of "A Prairie Home Companion," retired from the long-running radio show last year but still produced "The Writer's Almanac" for syndication.

"Last month, MPR was notified of the allegations, which relate to Mr. Keillor's conduct while he was responsible for the production of 'A Prairie Home Companion,'" the network said in its statement. "MPR President Jon McTaggart immediately informed the MPR board chair, and a special board committee was appointed to provide oversight and ongoing counsel.


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[Fairwrning]

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/na...YHGgiRVEjXbiM/

Matt Lauer fired over allegations of inappropriate workplace behavior

"Today" co-anchor Savannah Guthrie read the following statement from NBC News on Wednesday morning:

"Dear colleagues, on Monday night, we received a detailed complaint from a colleague about inappropriate sexual behavior in the workplace by Matt Lauer," the statement began. "It represented, after serious review, a clear violation of our company's standards. As a result, we've decided to terminate his employment. While it is the first complaint about his behavior in the over 20 years he's been at NBC News, we were also presented with reason to believe this may not have been an isolated incident. Our highest priority is to create a workplace environment where everyone feels safe and protected, and to ensure that any actions that run counter to our core values are met with consequences, no matter who the offender. We are deeply saddened by this turn of events, but we will face it together as a news organization – and do it in as transparent a manner as we can."


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I bet it was Dylan Drier..one good looking woman..

[FORD]

Maybe that's why Katie Clueless left NBC?

[FORD]

Who will be the next one to fall? The answer might be found in Al Capone's vault....

http://ew.com/tv/2017/11/29/fox-news-geraldo-rivera-sexual-harassment-tweets/

[FORD]

Some people were calling out Matt Lauer years ago.....

[Nickdfresh]

Yeah, that time he interviewed Anne Hathaway and seemed only interested on the paparazzi getting pics of her cooch...

[Terry]

Yeah, though truth be told Hathaway has always come across to me like Juila Roberts: as an ugly duckling who was told by her parents she was a princess, to the point where she started believing it.

[Seshmeister]

The best actresses are women who are able to become much more sensitive and emotional than the average woman - of course to an average guy that makes them borderline mentally ill.

Don't get the 'ugly' thing though.

[Nickdfresh]

Yeah, though truth be told Hathaway has always come across to me like Juila Roberts: as an ugly duckling who was told by her parents she was a princess, to the point where she started believing it.

Um, she ain't "ugly". Julia Roberts isn't the prettiest thing but Hathaway is gorgeous...

There are Hollywood actresses that are very well candied up for the camera, but look rough in real life when they aren't starving themselves for a role. Howard Stern said one of his friends turned down a flirting Cameron Diaz saying she looked bad and not nearly as good as a lot of regular women in a bar he was at in the 90's...

[Terry]

Honestly, to each their own, beauty being subjective...

That being said, I find Hathaway and Roberts both to be less attractive than attractive, which would mean...slightly ugly.

I mean, to be sure, I'd hit 'em both in the pooper and let them lick it clean when I was done. However, that's not a high bar to hurdle.

[FORD]

So who was Pat sexually harassing?

[jacksmar]

NY Eric Massa used The Judgment Fund

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/congress-secretly-paid-100000-settle-harassment-claims-disgraced/story?id=51494871

Congress secretly paid nearly $100,000 to settle harassment claims against disgraced congressman

The Congressional Office of Compliance secretly paid close to $100,000 in taxpayer funds to settle sexual harassment claims from at least two young male staffers who worked for disgraced former Congressman Eric Massa, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter told ABC News.

The claims were settled after Massa, a Democrat from upstate New York, resigned in 2010 amid a pending ethics investigation into allegations he groped and sexually harassed members of his staff.

The Judgment Fund.....where have we heard about that before..........

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[twonabomber]

Danny Masterson Is Being Written Out of Netflix's The Ranch Amid Rape Accusations

https://jezebel.com/danny-masterson-is-being-written-out-of-netflixs-the-ra-1821032484

At long last, on Tuesday, Netflix announced that actor Danny Masterson, whom four women have accused of rape, is being written off his Netflix series The Ranch, in other words, he’s been fired.

Netflix, which took notably hastier action to rid itself of Kevin Spacey when stories of his own alleged sexual misconduct became news, said in a statement, “As a result of ongoing discussions, Netflix and the producers have written Danny Masterson out of The Ranch. [Monday] was his last day on the show, and production will resume in early 2018 without him.”

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Masterson’s performance will remain in the second half of the show’s second season. Masterson may also appear in scenes from the already announced third season, depending on how adept the writers are at fading characters into oblivion.

Yesterday, the Huffington Post published an alarming article about a Netflix kids’ programming executive who said he didn’t believe Masterson’s alleged victims (the executive’s spokesperson later called the comment “careless” and not representative of Netflix’s views).

[Nickdfresh]

I always like Masterson on That 70's Show, but he seems like a real fucking douche Scientologist...

[Terry]

Yeah, Masterson was good on That 70's Show. Thought that was a pretty good show. Good ensemble cast.

Not being snarky, but honestly I can't recall a single thing I've seen him in since that show ended: from a business standpoint, the decision to drop him was probably a fairly easy one. It's not like getting him was some great casting coup or anything.

With regard to the allegations, according to Masterson they were investigated by the appropriate law enforcement agency/agencies (I'm assuming from wherever the charges were filed) at the time they were made, and no charges were brought because said agencies didn't find anything actionable. SO Masterson wonders why, that being the case, he was let go from the series.

In the present climate, just the allegations alone are enough to make the person they are brought against radioactive. These various companies aren't bothering with trying to parse the truth of the allegations of each accuser, instead taking the position that having the accused working for them simply isn't worth the trouble.

Worked with a guy in my industry a couple of years ago who had allegations made against him by a client regarding inappropriate advances/behavior. Once the complaint was made, the company instructed him not to come into work and to contact the company the next day from home via his home phone for a conference call. Within a minute of the conference call starting, he was told corporate human resources was on the line, the decision had been made to let him go and he was terminated effective immediately. He started to make a case for himself as to why he shouldn't be terminated, then told the others on the conference call that he was going to get a lawyer. The company said he was free to do whatever he thought was in his interests, but he was not to return to work or risk being arrested for trespassing. Within a day of that call, the company had boxed all his personal belongings up and shipped them to his house via signature required FedEx Ground.

He called me a few days after it happened - all we were told was that he was "no longer with the company" and nothing as to why - and told me his side of it. The way he told it, he had been making several lengthy in person sales calls to the client on site at their request to work out the details of a large potential purchase. The client counterparty representative was a woman. He told me SHE was the one making mildly flirtatious suggestions during the meetings, which he politely declined. Since all the behavior was live person to person and there were no emails or anything to back up his version, our company told him they had no choice but to err on the side of caution. Since my state is a right to work state, they legally had the right to terminate him regardless at any time for any reason...and not even give a reason if they so chose.

That whole business fucked his life up good. He lost his job. His wife ended up divorcing him. It was tough for him to get hired on anywhere else.

Granted, I only got his side of the story, and he may well have been lying...but it didn't sound that way when I spoke to him.

Imagine your entire life changing that drastically and quickly, all solely on someone else's word. No trial. No chance to tell your side of the story. And your name and reputation are tarnished forever. Think it can't happen to you because you're not famous? Think again.