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sexual harassment stories: 37 news summaries

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 NYC Targets Subway Gropers 

Officials want offenders' photos on 'wall on shame'

Nov 20, 09 3:11 AM CST
(Newser) - Sexual harassment is on the rise in the New York City subway system and city officials are cracking down on gropers and flashers. Sexual harassment is the "No. 1 quality of life offense on the subway," the chief of the NYPD's Transit Bureau told a hearing yesterday. The... More »

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New York City • subway • sexual harassment • groping • New York City Subway • public transit

 Beefeaters 
 Bounced for 
 Bullying Co-Guard 

Nasty notes left for first female guard at London Tower

Nov 2, 09 3:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Two Beefeaters who guard and present tours at the Tower of London have been suspended for bullying the first female to join the elite association. A third is also being investigated. Nasty notes were left in the locker of Moira Cameron, and her uniform was defaced, reports AP . Staff harassment... More »

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London • sexual harassment • Tower of London • Beefeaters

NELL SCOVELL

 Ex-Staffer: 
 Letterman 
 Environment 
 'Demeaning' 

But not just because of sexual politics: It's time to hire female writers

Oct 27, 09 9:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nell Scovell walked away from her dream job on Late Night with David Letterman thanks to the "hostile work environment" created by high-level male staffers having sex with their female employees. She writes about her experience in Vanity Fair—not to name names, but to point out... More »

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entertainment • sexual harassment • celebrity • late night talk show • late night host • David Letterman • Late Night • Late Show

LETTERMAN ROUNDUP

 Just Wait: 'Trashy' 
 Letterman Letters 
 Are Coming 

Birkitt penned series of 'Dear Dave' letters, plus more on extortion

Oct 7, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - It’s only a matter of time before Stephanie Birkitt’s “trashy” love letters to David Letterman become public. Sadly, “we’re not talking crazy sexual escapades,” a source tells the New York Daily News. “It’s her musings about them. It’s trash.”... More »

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entertainment • CBS • sex scandal • sexual harassment • celebrity • blackmail • extortion • late night talk show • David Letterman • TV ratings • love letter • Late Show • Robert Halderman • Stephanie Birkitt

Pilot, Crew Slug It Out
on Air India Plane

Fisticuffs erupt over sex harassment complaint by flight attendant

Oct 5, 09 1:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pilots and crew members on an Air India jet came to blows mid-flight in an argument about sex harassment. Stunned passengers watched grappling staffers spill out of the cockpit into a galley. The fight erupted when a flight attendant complained about harassment by the pilots en route from Pakistan to... More »

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Pakistan • India • sexual harassment • flight attendants • airline safety • pilot • New Delhi • pilots • Air India

Indians Dodge Harassment
in Women-Only Trains

'Ladies Specials' set up to tackle persistent harassment of women workers

Sep 16, 09 7:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - India's railway system has replaced women-only rail cars with entire women-only trains in an effort to battle sexual harassment, the New York Times reports. Groping and catcalling—known as "eve-teasing"—is endemic on India's commuter system, a trend analysts say shows the friction caused by the huge amount... More »

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India • women • sexual harassment • train • railway • eve teasing • commuter train

 Superman Sex Suit Heats Up 

Jon Peters ordered to stay 100 yards away from oo-producer Brian Quintana

Aug 31, 09 11:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two co-producers of Superman: Man of Steel are embroiled in a sexual harassment lawsuit, and now Jon Peters has been ordered to stay 100 yards away from Brian Quintana, the New York Post reports. The problems began last year when Quintana sued Peters for physical and sexual harassment... More »

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entertainment • sexual harassment • lawsuit • Jon Peters • Brian Quintana

Greek Woman Torches
Randy Tourist's Genitals

26-year-old claims Briton removed pants, forcibly fondled her

Aug 6, 09 7:04 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Greek woman is being hailed as a hero after torching a lecherous British tourist’s genitals, the Telegraph reports. A 23-year-old Briton had allegedly taken off his pants and flashed his privates at women in a nightclub in the resort town of Mallia on the island of Crete. When... More »

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alcohol • tourism • sexual harassment • Greece • Britain • sexual assault • Crete

ANALYSIS

Ensign Facing
an Ethical Hot Potato, but no Legal Case (Yet)

Ex-lover would have
to make accusation

Jul 15, 09 10:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - The husband of John Ensign’s ex-mistress has accused the Republican senator of sexual harassment and wrongful termination—but there can be no legal case unless Cindy Hampton herself accuses Ensign of unwanted advances or creating a hostile work environment, experts tell Politico. Thus far, she’s the only one... More »

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investigation • sexual harassment • Senate Republicans • John Ensign • Senate Ethics Committee • wrongful termination • scandal • Cindy Hampton • Doug Hampton

(Newser) - Naked photographers, orders to strip for no reason and sex assaults are a troubling part of the modeling business and involve some of the top names in fashion, according to a new documentary by a popular model. "Every girl I have talked to has a story," model Sara... More »

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fashion • sexual harassment • runway • model • photographers • fashion industry • sex assault

Oxford Poetry Prof Resigns

First female to nab top post reverses earlier decision amid smear campaign accusations

May 25, 09 7:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first woman to hold one of the UK’s top poetry posts has reversed direction and announced her resignation amid accusations that she ran a smear campaign against a rival, the Telegraph reports. Ruth Padel stepped down as the Oxford Professor of Poetry today but maintained she acted in... More »

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sexual harassment • Oxford University • poetry • professor • Ruth Padel • Derek Walcott

Top UK Poetry Prof Refuses
to Step Down

Oxford academic in brouhaha over sex allegation against rival

May 24, 09 5:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - The first woman to hold Britain's highest academic post in poetry refuses to resign despite an uproar over whether she ran a dirty election campaign, reviving decades-old sexual harassment claims against her main rival, Nobel laureate Derek Walcott, the Guardian reports. Oxford Professor of Poetry-elect Ruth Padel admits she pointed... More »

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sexual harassment • Oxford University • poetry • professor • election

(Newser) - The United Nations is being hammered by a string of sexual harassment cases filed by employees, reports the Wall Street Journal. The development is particularly painful for an organization that is supposed to uphold human rights around the world. Victims complain about an old-boys' network of adjudication that allows colleagues... More »

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United Nations • sexual harassment • workers • workers' rights • employee

Federal Judge Gets 3 Years in Sex Abuse Case

Congressmen press for resignation of Kent in first-ever such case

May 12, 09 9:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A Texas judge was sentenced yesterday to 33 months in prison for lying to investigators in the first sex abuse case ever against a sitting federal judge, the AP reports. Samuel Kent pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice in February; five sex-crimes charges related to two female employees were dismissed.... More »

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Texas • prison • crime • sexual harassment • sexual abuse • judge • obstruction of justice • guilty plea • molestation • Samuel Kent

Woman Files Restraining Order Against Ryan O'Neal

Actor accused of harassing 'family friend'

May 9, 09 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - A "family friend" filed a restraining order against Ryan O'Neal in a Los Angeles court yesterday, Radar Online reports. Dania Marin, 20, says the actor—who has spoken out this week on partner Farrah Fawcett's terminal illness—asked her "inappropriate questions" on Wednesday, including "if I wanted... More »

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sexual harassment • celebrity • restraining order • Farrah Fawcett • Ryan O'Neal

 Sexting Pics 
 Live Forever, 
 Teens Warned 

Stalkers, potential employers may have access to photos years later

May 4, 09 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The critical problem with sexting is that salacious snaps teens send of themselves from their cell phones can exist forever in cyberspace. That's the message Australian authorities are stressing in a new educational anti-sexting campaign. Nude pictures sent in fun could end up being posted on the Internet by sexual... More »

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Internet • sexual harassment • pornography • harassment • child pornography • texting • teen sex • cyberspace • teenager • sexting


 Lost Star Sued 
 for Sexual 
 Harassment  

ABC worker says she was fired after complaining about Cusick's groping

Apr 25, 09 8:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - A woman who says she found Lost actor Henry Ian Cusick's hands where they shouldn't have been is taking him to court, E! Online reports. The woman, a former ABC employee, says the Scotsman started groping her and moaning on the Lost set in October 2007, and that she was... More »

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NBC • sexual harassment • Lost • Henry Ian Cusick

New Sex Scandal
Rocks Oprah School


Mar 31, 09 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new sex scandal has hit Oprah Winfrey's elite girls school in South Africa, the second in less than two years, reports the New York Daily News. Seven students have been suspended for sexually harassing classmates, including bullying students and "physical contact of a sexual nature," said a... More »

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sexual harassment • South Africa • Oprah Winfrey • Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls • prep schools • sexual assault

(Newser) - Israel's top lawman will charge ex-President Moshe Katsav with raping and sexually harassing his former employees, the BBC reports. In the latest development of a nearly 3-year legal drama, Israeli officials said that "the complainants' testimony was reliable and that there is sufficient evidence for an indictment." ... More »

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Israel • sexual harassment • rape • Moshe Katsav • politician

Ex-Driver Sues Knicks Star for Gay Harassment

Man says Curry also used racial slurs, pointed gun at him

Jan 13, 09 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - New York Knicks center Eddy Curry is being sued for soliciting sex from his former driver, the New York Post reports. David Kuchinsky says the married star approached him in the nude several times with comments like “look at me, Dave, look.” Kuchinsky also says Curry forced him... More »

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sexual harassment • lawsuit • Eddy Curry • New York Knicks • chauffeur • racial slurs • guns

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