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WiscBadger95 |
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Don't worry folks. Bill Clinton did much worse, and he survived impeachment!
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managerr |
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That said, I doubt a company like ABC would fire an employee over sexual harassment without making sure that the person was lying. I dunno, I'm constantly appalled at how many companies don't take sexual harassment claims seriously, especially when they are against powerful people. (It only takes one or two idiot supervisors/HR people) You can make a case for the woman too--would she really subject herself to this, hiring a lawyer/facing a likeable star in the public, etc. to go up against a huge juggernaut in ABC if it weren't true?
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aslanscubs |
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I'm not saying that people should just accept it because the person sexually harrassing them is good looking or whatever. And, no, I don't personally
know Henry Ian Cusick but I watched a great deal of interviews with him over the past few years and I don't get the impression he'd be that stupid.
I've heard reports of him being very professional on set and being very into getting his character down just right. I can't see him endangering his
marriage and kid's lives like this. I mean, it could happen but I dunno. :shrug: Also, the whole thing with ABC firing her 12 days later bugs me. I find it
a little difficult to believe that a big corporation like ABC would fire someone over accusations if they had even an "inkling" that they might be
true.
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Fluffynurse |
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You can make a case for the woman too--would she really subject herself to this, hiring a lawyer/facing a likeable star in the public, etc. to go up against a huge juggernaut in ABC if it weren't true?I could see it happening if she were a bat shit crazy lady. (It happens all the time on Judge Judy. |
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phantomkp |
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yea firing a 10 year employee of ABC because they were trying to protect the sanctity of a day player actor in an ensemble series that would last a couple of
seasons at best?
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cindidindi76 |
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So, if he actually groped, kissed, and motorboated her, wouldn't that be more like sexual assault than sexual harassment? I used to work in a factory and
heard all sorts of off-color remarks that probably could have constituted sexual harassment, but I know that if something like that happened to me there, I
sure as hell wouldn't have left it up to my sexist pig bosses to decide if anything should be done.
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aslanscubs |
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Exactly, Cindi! That's grounds for criminal charges not just a civil lawsuit. Something about this whole thing just makes me really sick to my stomach.
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Us Kids Know |
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fondling <3
Bill Clinton did much worse Consensual. |
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twonyx |
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cindidindi76 wrote:See here's my problem. If he motorboated and fondled one employee and I worked there; I would sue him for sexual harassment for leaving me out. She got sexually assaulted - the ones that didn't got sexually discriminated. You just can't win. |
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FeliciaM7 |
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I've heard reports of him being very professional on set and being very into getting his character down just right. I can't see him endangering his marriage and kid's lives like this.A serial killer can have a great marriage and wonderful kids. Just because he seems to be a great guy doesn't mean he is. (no, I'm not comparing groping body parts to murder, just sayin') That chick could be batshit crazy, maybe pissed because she couldn't get a piece of "Desmond". Or she could be telling the truth. I didn't give it a whole lot of thought at first. It was my daughter who made me feel like crap for laughing at posts. She said I wouldn't think it was so funny if a coworker or her boss treated her like that and noone believed her. I know how it feels to be accused of something I didn't do. This could ruin an innocent man's rep. But I also remember those blank stares from a couple of people who didn't believe me when I felt I had been wronged. I can see both sides. This doesn't change my view of a character on a tv show so I'm just gonna keep watching and carry on. |
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thefrenchchick |
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That's grounds for criminal charges not just a civil lawsuit. Actually, it's grounds for both, and it can take years between the two of them. You can sue in civil and criminal court. Hence why OJ Simpson was found both guilty (civil) and innocent (criminal). The first crime around, I mean. This doesn't change my view of a character on a tv show so I'm just gonna keep watching and carry on. Hear hear, Felicia. Enjoying Desmond as a character doesn't have to be mutually exclusive with believing the actor may or may not have done something wrong. We also don't know if anyone on the board has been in situations in the past that might make it difficult to read accusations.
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Screerider |
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He probably told her to Henry Ian Suckit.
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aslanscubs |
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Felicia, I see what you're saying but that could work both ways. What if HIC is innocent and people automatically assume he's guilty perhaps just
because he's a male?
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pussycow |
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Posts: 5089 (04/28/09 8:42 AM) |
That's why I will just wait to see what the outcome is. One of them is lying, and it sucks for the one who isn't. So in the meantime I'll just make
jokes :)
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aslanscubs |
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Yeah, I can just see if from the side of the one who's reputation is ruined or severely hurt because of accusations that are not true.
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OT recruiter |
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If only he had listened to Eloise and went back to the island... nothing of this would have happened
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pussycow |
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Posts: 5118 (04/29/09 9:10 AM) |
Uh oh, now catspasms is gonna have to come back and point out to us that Desmond and HIC aren't the same person
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catspasms |
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Hey, just a reminder guys, Desmond and HIC aren't the same person.
(I work like clockwork ;) ) |
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Rodo |
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I may catch hell for saying this, but I am going to anyway. I feel like sexual harassment is used by women to take advantage of situations just because they
can. I really do think sexual harassment in the workplace is complete bullshit. I do understand that some women really
do sexual harassment, but I think that these women let these cases go unreported. It seems to me that every time something like this makes the news, it is
bullshit. A female can sue a company for a million dollars if she overhears two male coworkers telling a dirty joke to each other. I wish that this were not
the case and that the women who actually face the abuse could stand up.
As for my opinion on this particular case, I think it is bullshit. Most of the things just do not add up. I really hope that this is a lie and that ABC and HIC do not settle, but sue this woman for all that she has. Everything. If she is lying, not only is she slandering a company's image, but she is ruining a married man's reputation. I wouldn't turn down the option of jailtime, either, but if it stays in civil court, that is not an option. If I am wrong, I do apologize for saying those things. If this actually did happen, then she deserves to have this information out and to be compensated (though not nearly as much as she will be if she wins) for her troubles. Still, I think it is going to turn out to be bullshit, and I think that the parties will end up settling, allowing her to take home a nice reward. I just do not understand how he can motorboat this girl without her being able to stop him and it not end in rape. |
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IFY0USEEKATE |
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Motoring --- what's your price for flight?
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