Posted on 12/17/2017 9:08:17 AM PST by Kaslin
Amber Athey of the Daily Caller exclusively reported last night that NBC paid large sums of money - upwards of tens of thousands of dollars- to Chris Matthews' assistant producer in 1999 after she brought forth sexual harassment complaints against the current MSNBC “Hardball with Chris Matthews” anchor.
Two anonymous MSNBC sources told the Daily Caller that Matthews paid $40,000 to settle a sexual harassment complaint with the unnamed woman, but an MSNBC spokesperson officially denied those monetary claims. However, they did say that the company paid the woman “significantly less as part of a severance package" and confirmed an incident occurred.
MSNBC maintains the company thoroughly reviewed the situation, formally reprimanded Matthews, and concluded a fire-able offense was not committed. While Matthews made comments that were crass and placed the employee in an uncomfortable position, they were simply jokes according to the spokesperson. The comments made by Matthews were “juvenile” and “inappropriate” but not to be taken literally.
MSNBC did not confirm if this was the only claim against Matthews nor if the woman left the company solely due to this incident.
The story brings to mind previous on-air comments made by Matthews that were sexual in nature. In 2016, Matthews made comments about Melania Trump's "runway walk" seemingly unaware his mic was on.
“Look how she walks. Did you see her walk? That’s a runway walk. My God is that good...I could watch that runway show," he said.
Chris Matthews - Melania Trump Leering Revives Erin Burnett Memories
Based on this initial report, the accusations against Matthews are far less egregious than the ones against his NBC colleagues Mark Halperin and Matt Lauer.
Halperin, a former NBC commentator and author, was fired in October after numerous women and fellow employees came forth with sexual assault allegations of groping and other unwanted physical contact. Likewise Lauer, a longtime NBC host of "The Today Show," was fired after a series of women alleged that he had made unwanted advances, lewd suggestions, and other hostile actions while at work.
Nonetheless, this is now the third high-profile NBC host in recent months to have previous sexual harassment accusations brought to light.
The libs have always supported the unions.
rwood
Too much tingling. I blame Obama.
Bi-Sexual, Catholic phony got caught.
- The Hill 12/8/2017
Who will be on tomorrow’s proscription list?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKBDOLdU-Ug
As always...have to add this. (Chris Matthews’ Creepy Crush On Erin Burnett)
It is not unheard of in companies across the U.S. to have these types of settlements. No doubt he said something or acted in a way that was not totally professional. But unless we all become robots, this is going to happen.
I see it every day at work, colleagues acting in a way that could get the company into a settlement if someone decided they wanted a pay day. The behavior is no different than you would see among friends at a social gathering. But in the workplace if becomes actionable.
I’m certainly no fan of Chris Matthews so don’t flame me.
Hahahahahahahahaha!
The old tingler.
Big deal, severance is not a settlement
Where are all the feminist groups that demanded O’Reilly be boycotted and kicked off Fox News?
Rachel Maddow?
Since I don’t want ADMIN MOD to remove this one, I will just post the Twitter link - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DRQ50GTVAAI5Lwv.jpg
lol
Chrissy has a sure fire excuse - he has been drunk for the past 25 years! This guy has not been sober for one of his telecasts since he moved to MSNBC!
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