# Sexual Harassment/Assault/Workplace Bullying omnibus thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 4, 2017, 8:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573 "2017-12-04T20:36:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/41 "2017-12-13T20:54:08Z")
Chuck Schumer has filed a report with the Capitol police that someone is pushing a false sexual harassment claim against him. The woman who is alleged to have filed the complaint said her name was forged on the documents and none of the incidents occurred. [https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sen-chuck-schumer-alerts-police-alleged-plot-smear-114604989--abc-news-topstories.html](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sen-chuck-schumer-alerts-police-alleged-plot-smear-114604989--abc-news-topstories.html) ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/42 "2017-12-13T22:48:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Jezebel is keeping a running list of those who have been accused. > [https://jezebel.com/a-running-list-of-alleged-predators-facing-accusations-1819980057](https://jezebel.com/a-running-list-of-alleged-predators-facing-accusations-1819980057) Wow, that is very thorough, and very disturbing. Lots of these hadn’t made their way high enough in the news cycle to come to my attention. I’m glad someone is keeping track in this way. ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/43 "2017-12-14T00:05:05Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Wow, that is very thorough, and very disturbing. Lots of these hadn’t made their way high enough in the news cycle to come to my attention. I’m glad someone is keeping track in this way. They can now add [Tavis Smiley to it](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tavis-smiley-pbs-1202639424/). ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/44 "2017-12-14T00:17:37Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > They can now add [Tavis Smiley to it](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tavis-smiley-pbs-1202639424/). > [@Variety](#): > > Some witnesses interviewed expressed concern that their employment status was linked to the status of a sexual relationship with Smiley. In general, witnesses described Smiley as creating a verbally abusive and threatening environment that went beyond what could be expected in a typical high-pressure work environment. Several expressed concerns about retaliation. He doesn’t sound very Smiley. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/45 "2017-12-14T00:19:37Z")
> [@Nawth\_Chucka](#): > > They can now add [Tavis Smiley to it](http://variety.com/2017/tv/news/tavis-smiley-pbs-1202639424/). Aw, man. My wife always loved his show. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/46 "2017-12-14T00:57:27Z")
> [@Bayard](#): > > Aw, man. My wife always loved his show. ☹ \*\*\*I \*\*\*love his show! They’re some of the best half hours on tv these days. But again, I’m not shocked at the news. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/47 "2017-12-14T02:57:35Z")
And add [Dan Johnson](http://thehill.com/homenews/news/364829-kentucky-lawmaker-commits-suicide-after-denying-sexual-allegations-report), a Kentucky state rep. He just killed himself, presumably over the accusations. ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/48 "2017-12-14T03:04:07Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Chuck Schumer has filed a report with the Capitol police that someone is pushing a false sexual harassment claim against him. The woman who is alleged to have filed the complaint said her name was forged on the documents and none of the incidents occurred. > [https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sen-chuck-schumer-alerts-police-alleged-plot-smear-114604989--abc-news-topstories.html](https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sen-chuck-schumer-alerts-police-alleged-plot-smear-114604989--abc-news-topstories.html) I’m guessing this is another James O’Keefe project. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/49 "2017-12-14T04:11:37Z")
My God, how have we ignored the sins of the longest-serving GOP Speaker of the House [Dennis Hastert](https://nypost.com/2017/12/12/ex-speaker-hastert-barred-from-being-left-alone-with-minors/amp/?__twitter_impression=true)? > [@](#): > > NEWS > Ex-Speaker Hastert barred from being left alone with minors > By Associated Press > > December 12, 2017 | 8:49pm > AP > CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago on Tuesday ordered that Dennis Hastert never be left alone with anyone under 18 unless another adult is present who is aware of the former US House speaker’s conviction in a hush-money case that revealed he had sexually abused several high school students. > > US District Judge Thomas M. Durkin didn’t explain in his brief order why that and other new restrictions on the 75-year-old were called for now, three months into his two-year period of supervised release from prison. > > Others included barring Hastert from possessing pornography and using “any sex-related telephone numbers.” He also must allow — and pay for — the installation of software that records all his computer activity, from browser history to email correspondence and internet chats. In the original sentencing, the judge referred to the GOP stalwart as “a serial child molester.” ---
**Author:** ![edwards\_beard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7bcc69/32.png) [@edwards\_beard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwards_beard)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/50 "2017-12-14T04:14:41Z")
[Roman Polanski](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-polanski-lapd-child-20171211-story.html) ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/51 "2017-12-14T04:59:02Z")
Touchy Smiley? We also had several from the sports media world (forgot whetehr it’s NFL network or ESPN). This is going to keep happening for a while. This stuff has been going on for years, and these guys just felt entitled to keep doing it. ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/52 "2017-12-14T05:50:21Z")
I kinda wish I remembered the name of the guy who was a Corporate ranked guy for a national fast food chain who knocked up a cashier who was transferred to my store and visited her a few times. Plus the guy (never got his name or “rank”, never saw him) for the not as pretty pregnant girl who ended up at my store. Just to find out if they ever married them … or paid child support. It was like 6 months apart and not overlapping when they both showed up. So I don’t think it was the same guy. I guess we had good enough “Time” to put up with slower pregnant women. (I was one with my second son… drive-thru Queen 😉 and could step in for all spots.) The next closest one I can think of was the 22/23 year old manager and the 16 then 17 year old waitress but they got married after she graduated college (saw/chatted them a few years later). Guys wanting/getting sex with a 16-17 year old… well, I could tell stories but they wouldn’t fit this message board thread (long, salacious, and also boring because just guys (no one famous) and all consensual/legal). ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 6:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/53 "2017-12-14T06:32:11Z")
> [@edwards\_beard](#): > > [Roman Polanski](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-polanski-lapd-child-20171211-story.html) I had no idea about all of the other reports. Ugh. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/54 "2017-12-14T12:26:28Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > I had no idea about all of the other reports. Ugh. :mad: What a piece of shit. Then he complains he spent 42 days in jail? I’m so tired of people giving power to these fucking sociopaths. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/55 "2017-12-14T17:12:52Z")
[Morgan Spurlock, of Super Size Me fame, admits to years of sexual misconduct, infidelity and alcoholism.](https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/celebrity/filmmaker-confesses-to-sexual-misconduct/ar-BBGIW9z?li=BBr8zL1) This one really surprises me, but I guess it shouldn’t. It’s easier cultivating a certain image of yourself when you are the filmmaker. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/56 "2017-12-14T17:33:45Z")
> [@Dr.Crap](#): > > [Morgan Spurlock, of Super Size Me fame, admits to years of sexual misconduct, infidelity and alcoholism.](https://www.msn.com/en-sg/entertainment/celebrity/filmmaker-confesses-to-sexual-misconduct/ar-BBGIW9z?li=BBr8zL1) > > This one really surprises me, but I guess it shouldn’t. It’s easier cultivating a certain image of yourself when you are the filmmaker. It sounds like he’s the first one to speak out and confess before anyone even called him on it. It sounds like he’s doing the right thing. Gives me some hope. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/57 "2017-12-14T18:58:03Z")
[Canseco loses analyst job after tweets about sexual assault he says were a joke](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/canseco-loses-analyst-job-after-tweets-about-sexual-assault-he-says-were-a-joke/) ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/58 "2017-12-14T19:03:36Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Canseco loses analyst job after tweets about sexual assault he says were a joke](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/canseco-loses-analyst-job-after-tweets-about-sexual-assault-he-says-were-a-joke/) Must be the after effects of that home run. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/59 "2017-12-14T19:07:06Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > [Canseco loses analyst job after tweets about sexual assault he says were a joke](https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/canseco-loses-analyst-job-after-tweets-about-sexual-assault-he-says-were-a-joke/) Yeah, fuck that guy. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Crap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.crap/32/3131_2.png) [@Dr.Crap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Crap)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573/60 "2017-12-14T19:20:10Z")
They didn’t renew with him because he’s insensitive and a dumbass…but who expected him to be otherwise? [His Wikipedia page has a section titled “Legal Issues and controversies”.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_Canseco#Legal_issues_and_controversies) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-harassment-assault-workplace-bullying-omnibus-thread/803573.md?page=4)