charlie rose s long and distinguished career in television journalism seems to have come to an abrupt end. but somehow, it is no longer shocking that such ends are occurring so suddenly. today, it is no longer shocking when a new day arrives with a new report of sexual harassment. the washington post reported the stories of eight women who say charlie rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas. the women were employees or aspired to work for rose at the charlie rose show from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011. they ranged in age from 21 to 37 at the time of the alleged encounters. charlie rose is 75 years old. he was, until today, the host of his own show on pbs and co-host of cbs this morning as well as a correspondent for 60 minutes.
in july. a new report by buzz feed says democratic congressman john conyers settled a wrongful dismisal complaint two years ago after a former employee accused him of firing her for resisting his, quote, sexual advances. we re going to get the details now from nbc news capitol hill correspondent kacie hunt, host of kacie d.c. this is unbelievable, tell me about it. well, stef, these allegations essentially are coming out and buzz feed says it obtained affidavits related to this settlement. they said it authenticated those with four people who were aware of the case. but the documents came originally from a pro trump activist. buzz feedz acknowledged that in their story. so nbc has not authenticated these documents directly. i have, however, spoken to a lawyer who says that the nondisclosure greelt in question looks like some of the other ones she s seen in the course of
17-year-old model where simmons and brett ratner took her back to simmons apartment to watch a video he was working on. she says simmons sexually assaulted her while ratner watched. simmons telling the l.a. times it was consensual. ratner says he did not see the woman object to simmons sexual advances. the same story reports four more women have come out with accusations against ratner, on top of six already on the record. pink s performance at the american music awards taken to new heights, literally. you re not looking at a green screen there. pink singing her beautiful trauma suspended from the j.w. marriott in downtown los angeles, flanked by six dancers. the pop queen confessing she did panic a bit.
cross-examine their accusers and accusers who could appeal a not guilty verdict to amounting to what many legal experts say is double jeopardy. the dear colleague guidelines also lead to allegations including the case last may of thomas kaki, a student at the university of texas arlington. he was a straight male accused by a male student of writing anti-gay comments on his computer and calling him anti-gay slurs. he said it was the accuser who made unwelcome sexual advances toward him and because those advances were rejected, he said the accuser made up the story about sexual misconduct. we ended up being charged with two violations, was told he could be expelled and a few days later took his own life. but a lawsuit against the university now claims that he never even got the lowest protections under title ix in saying that a title ix coordinator was never informed of the allegations and that
defendants could no longer cross-examine their accusers and accusers who could appeal a not guilty verdict to amounting to what many legal experts say is double jeopardy. the dear colleague guidelines also lead to allegations including the case last may of thomas kaki, a student at the university of texas arlington. he was a straight male accused by a male student of writing anti-gay comments on his computer and calling him anti-gay slurs. he said it was the accuser who made unwelcome sexual advances toward him and because those advances were rejected, he said the accuser made up the story about sexual misconduct. we ended up being charged with two violations, was told he could be expelled and a few days later took his own life. but a lawsuit against the university now claims that he never even got the lowest protections under title ix in saying that a title ix coordinator was never informed of the allegations and that