Again And Again, Accused Sexual Harassers Kept Their Jobs Under NBC News Chief Andy Lack
Source: The Daily Beast
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NBC News Chairman Andrew Lack has been under fire for his handling of sexual-misconduct allegations at the network, including one against his ex-friend and former star anchor, Matt Lauer. But years earlier at another company, Lack protected a male employee who sexually harassed multiple women, sources tell The Daily Beast.
Lack was chairman and CEO of Sony BMG Music Entertainment in 2004, when, according to former high-level Sony executives, the company discovered that a music executive named Charlie Walk had sent "sexual" messages via company email to female employees, including "graphic" pornography.
Soon after finding the messages, executives said, they repeatedly implored Lack to address Walk's sexual harassment. Each time, Lack declined to act. "I kept telling him: 'You must do something about this. It's imperative,'" one of the executives said. "Andy would turn a blind eye to making difficult decisions."
An NBC spokesperson denied the allegation with a spokesperson for Sony Music responded: "No comment." After Lack was confronted with evidence of Walk's misconduct, Walk allegedly harassed several Sony female employees, which he categorically denies...More...
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In 2006, Kate Harold said Walk forcibly kissed her and rubbed his penis through clothing against her during a business dinner. In 2004, Pam Kaye a manager working under Walk at Columbia Records said he tried to put his hands down her pants. "Andy Lack is part of the problem if he knew," Kaye told The Daily Beast.
NBCUniversal CEO Stephen Burke told The Daily Beast that Lack had his "complete support." But network sources state that constant scandals, from Lauer to Weinstein, have left some executives at Comcast, NBC's parent company exhausted with Lack.
From 1993-2001, Lack scored impressive accomplishments during his first stint running NBC News, programs like Today and Nightly News, and the 1996 creation of MSNBC, as a joint venture with Microsoft. "I am America's news leader," he boasted in 1997.
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