Despite harboring Charlie Rose for years as the accusations piled up, CBS thinks they should be taken out of the lawsuit against their now former left wing news hack. This despite the fact that CBS Management, numerous broadcasters and studio staff witnessed Mr. Rose’s unlawful conduct, while he was employed by CBS.
| CBS wants out of Charlie Rose sexual harassment lawsuit |
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Among the specific claims: “Mr. Rose advised Ms. Harris and Ms. McNeal that they were hired because he likes ‘tall women’”; “Mr. Rose repeatedly touched Plaintiffs, including without limitation caressing and touching their arms, shoulders, waist and back, pulling them close to his body and kissing them on the cheek”; and “Mr. Rose referred to Ms. Wei as ‘China doll,’ a fetish term.”
The suit also alleges that Rose terminated Harris and McNeal in the wake of a November 22 New York Times article that detailed sexual harassment allegations against him and that CBS did not offer them alternate positions. They say that he continued to “seek to contact Plaintiffs by telephone and email.”
The suit says Wei filed an HR complaint against Rose on November 20 while she was working as an anchor assistant on CBS This Morning. “CBS never got back to Ms. Wei about her complaint,” the lawsuit says. Instead, she claims, the network “unlawfully retaliated” against her in January by questioning the accuracy of her timesheets and eventually replaced her. On February 12, the suit says, Wei was “told that she no longer will be working with the anchor teams.” She says her health began to fail and she took a medical leave of absence in early March.