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What he's supposed to have done: “I was terrible to women. I preyed on them. I ceaselessly hit on them. I pressured them into sex. I got too drunk and did all manner of dumb things.”

None of which is illegal. It's not even a matter for civil litigation. He was not accused of doing this as a boss in an organization. Or in a workplace context. There were apparently no criminal charges. No EEOC complaints filed.[1] No abusive workplace charges.[2]

So he acted like a jerk in social situations. It's grounds for being, say, thrown out of a nightclub. But not fired.

[1] https://www.eeoc.gov/sexual-harassment

[2] https://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/california-sexual-ha...

parent Animats 5 years ago

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