“So far, he’s copped to sexual harassment.”
Nope. Telling a joke, even a dirty one, is not sexual harassment.
“Sexual harassment is a form of sex discrimination that violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Title VII applies to employers with 15 or more employees, including state and local governments. It also applies to employment agencies and to labor organizations, as well as to the federal government.
Unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly affects an individual’s employment, unreasonably interferes with an individual’s work performance, or creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.”
https://www.eeoc.gov/eeoc/publications/fs-sex.cfm
“Although laws surrounding sexual harassment exist, they generally do not prohibit simple teasing, offhand comments, or minor isolated incidents — that is, they do not impose a “general civility code”.[3] In the workplace, harassment may be considered illegal when it is so frequent or severe that it creates a hostile or offensive work environment or when it results in an adverse employment decision (such as the victim being fired or demoted, or the victim quitting the job).”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
If telling a joke that someone takes offense to was illegal, all joking would have to stop.
...Most states criminalize sexual conduct that does not include penetration, oral sex or sodomy, but that is conduct that is sexual in nature and occurs without the other person’s consent. This conduct usually is referred to as sexual battery or criminal sexual contact. (Note: Some states define sexual battery as sexual penetration while others define it as only sexual touching.) A common definition for sexual battery is touching of an intimate part of the body (clothed or unclothed, depending on the state) for the purpose of sexual arousal or pleasure, without the other person’s consent; or forcing another person to touch an intimate part of the offender’s body."
https://www.criminaldefenselawyer.com/crime-penalties/federal/Sexual-Assault.htm
Of course it is, what the hell, did you flunk the mandatory sexual harassment training at your place of employment?
Hell, you just said it yourself:
Unwelcome...verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature constitute sexual harassment when this conduct explicitly or implicitly...creates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive work environment.
(I deleted the parts that didn't apply)
If telling a joke that someone takes offense to was illegal, all joking would have to stop.
Yeah, all dirty jokes. That's pretty much the way you're supposed to conduct yourself. Even customers can be accused of creating a hostile work environment.
That's how I behave. It seems maybe, you....not so much.
Now I see why I'm required to take that offensive training....thanks a lot.