Looks like the libs have opened Pandora’s box and can’t close it.
Well this much I know from 20+ years at a Fortune 50 company...in the corporate world the way sexual harassment is dealt with is this: Someone makes an assessment of the claim and unless they are totally baseless, starts a discussion about a settlement with the complainant and her lawyer. Severance pay can be a convenient tool. The person leaves the company with a nice check and a signed copy of a confidentiality agreement that puts them in legal jeopardy if they ever disclose the terms of the agreement.
I am not exaggerating one bit to say in large companies this happens every single day. More than once a day even.
The company avoids costly lawsuits, the person who was accused gets some consequences that can range from firing to training or counselling to nothing at all (depending obviously on the level and importance of the person in question - at the “C level” these incidents are considered part of the cost of doing business and there are seldom consequences unless the person violates confidentiality and goes to the media. Very seldom happens.
Keeping things like this quiet is good for business. No disruption, no angry shareholders, no nothing because no one knows. Including the other co-workers who are likely to become future victims.
So you see, the lower on the food chain an abuser is, the more likely he will pay a high price, and the word of his misdeeds will get out as a warning to others. This is why we’re not seeing a flood of these incidents from the highest levels, which until now have enjoyed the protection of their employers covering up for them.