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Neil deGrasse Tyson Is Being Investigated for Alleged Sexual Misconduct [View all]
oberliner
Dec 2018
OP
Aye and it will be sad if this is true and ruins his career however there is a chance for him still.
cstanleytech
Dec 2018
#7
Watson reported his behavior at the time to a supervisor and to the relevant harassment hotline
oberliner
Dec 2018
#23
NDT: "I'm the accused, so why believe anything I say? Why believe me at all?"
oberliner
Dec 2018
#53
Not sure about these accusations. The assistant was creeped out by him, and he apologized. He did
Pisces
Dec 2018
#155
You can hear from the journalist directly and draw your own conclusions about his agenda
oberliner
Dec 2018
#123
Have you had a chance to listen to the podcast/interview with the journalist?
oberliner
Dec 2018
#170
I'm practiced in the art of standing up for those who are treated inappropriately by powerful people
oberliner
Dec 2018
#59
What am I missing? During the wine and cheese at his place they sat on opposite...
brush
Dec 2018
#72
You are missing an agenda, prurient imagination, or twisted sense of victimhood.
OilemFirchen
Dec 2018
#75
The profuse apology was to the 2018 event not to the 2009 event (according to his FB statement)
oberliner
Dec 2018
#115
And certain folks will refuse to believe accusations against a person they like
oberliner
Dec 2018
#107
Are you saying there aren't threads about right wingers accused of engaging in sexual harassment?
oberliner
Dec 2018
#117
They were the only two people present and they have each given an account of what occurred
oberliner
Dec 2018
#116
The Watson accusation seems odd. From what I understand she repeatedly wanted...
brush
Dec 2018
#136
But nothing happened but wine and cheese and conversation. Hardly sexual abuse/assault.
brush
Dec 2018
#140
But there was no harassment, no sexual come on, no touching, no trying to force himself on her.
brush
Dec 2018
#162
It's got to be more detail than that. Seems just him inviting her was trying to seduce her.
brush
Dec 2018
#164
Someone is driving this stupid attack on Neil deGrasse Tyson as a personal racist hate campaign
Judi Lynn
Dec 2018
#127