With
the recent inclusion of veteran newsman Charlie Rose, American women’s Hall of
Shame continues to grow ever larger as women all over America—having long
suppressed their fear, anger, embarrassment, and humiliation—are coming forward
and telling their stories.
At a
record pace. #MeToo
They
have inspired women in a number of other countries to do the same, including
Britain and France.
Public
figures who were insulated from disclosure by their gravitas and accumulated power
for decades are being fired from prestigious jobs or are resigning in disgrace.
Even the consummate veteran CBS/PBS/Bloomberg news anchor, host, and contributing
correspondent Charlie Rose has been fired
from his employment, accused by at least twenty women over a period of decades
of groping, lewd telephone calls, and unwanted advances.
Surprisingly,
Minnesota Senator Al Franken has been the target of some minor and somewhat
controversial accusations. He at least has had the good grace to apologize. Few
other men in the spotlight have done the same.
And
for this series of developments we probably have Alabama Judge Roy Moore to
thank as much as the omnipresent destructive movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Roy Moore,
Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in a special election to fill the Alabama
U.S. Senate seat of Attorney General Jeff Sessions—scheduled for December 12th—has
commandeered and raised the public consciousness. He has also injected an element
of bravado into the hearts of sexual abuse victims.
Moore’s
wife and supporters have cried foul, referring to Moore’s evangelical piety, claiming
that the women who accuse Moore must have been offered bribes by the media, and
flatly denying all charges. But the list of Moore’s accusers has grown to nine,
with the youngest purported sexual assault victim being only 14 years of age
when she was lured to Moore’s residence and sexually attacked. Moore was then a
32-year-old Alabama district attorney.
And
President Trump, against whom multiple accusations of sexual abuse are pending,
has now endorsed Roy Moore. The Republicans’ tenuous control of the Senate is
at stake. A win by Democrat Doug Jones would diminish the Republican Senate
majority to a mere 51-to-49.
Other
notables who have been outed in past weeks in seemingly unchecked public
disclosures of a variety of offensive behaviors include Michigan Democrat Rep.
John Conyers, the dean and longest-serving member of the House, New York Times
White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush, Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation
head John Lassseter, Texas Republican Rep. Joe
Barton, and actors Ron Jeremy, Tom Sizemore, and Sylvester Stallone. Other
slightly less prominent but powerful men have also been publicly chastised.
Some
days the list seems to grow by the hour.
Even
actress Uma Thurman has gotten into the act, promising future full disclosure
about Harvey Weinstein “and his Wicked Conspirators” although Weinstein has already
been outed by more than 100 other women.
Following
is a revised and updated catalogue of notable men whose careers were forged in
America and who pursued women in a variety of egregious ways on and off the
job. Some received unwanted publicity years or even decades ago when their conduct
was publicized and punished, but most have only had their unsavory and/or
criminal escapades unearthed for public scrutiny in recent weeks.
The newest
list of abusers includes:
A
President, a Supreme Court Justice, 26 politicians, a sports mogul, an Olympic
gymnastics doctor, 7 news executives, hosts, and analysts, 14 movie studio
heads, producers, promoters, directors, and writers, a literary critic, an
editor, a singer and 17 actors, a celebrity photographer, a hotelier, and two
celebrity chefs. The total number of sexual harassers and abusers featured
below is 74.
The Big Four continues to be comprised of
the following enterprising quartet:
— Movie
mogul Harvey Weinstein (103 victims and counting)
— Actor
Bill Cosby (58+ victims)
— U.S.
Women’s Gynastics Dr. Larry Nassar (130+ victims)
— Writer-director
James Toback (310+ victims)
A fuller
list of prominent men on the “most-offensive” list now includes the following:
I. President:
1. Donald J. Trump
Number of accusers: sixteen (16)
Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2013
II. Supreme Court
Justice:
2. Clarence Thomas
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1980-1983
III. Politicians:
Alabama:
3. Former State Supreme Court Judge; Republican Senatorial
candidate Roy Moore
Number of accusers: nine (9), including one woman who had
been only 14 years old
Dates of accusations: 1977-1991
California:
4. California Democrat Assembly Majority Whip Paul Bocanegra
Number of accusers: six (6)
Number of accusers: 2009
Florida:
5. Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel
Number of accusers: six (6)
Number of accusers: various
6. Republican Rep. Mark
Foley
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2006
Illinois:
7. Republican Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 1960s-1970s
8. Republican Rep. Daniel
B. Crane
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1980
Indiana:
9. Republican Rep. Mark
Souder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2004-2010
Kentucky:
10. Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent
11. Republican Rep. Brian
D. Linder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent
Maryland:
12. Washington County Commissioner LeRoy E. Myers Jr.
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017
Massachusetts:
13. Democratic Rep. Gerry
E. Studds
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1973
Michigan:
14. Democratic Rep. John
Conyers
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2015, ??
Minnesota:
15. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Senator Al Franken
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2006, 2010
16. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) State Senator Dan Schoen
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 2015(?)
17. Republican State Rep. Tony Comish
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2010(?)-2017
Nevada:
18. Republican Senator John
Ensign
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009 (?)
19. Reno City Manager Andrew
Clinger
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2011-2016
New York:
20. Democratic Rep. Eric
Massa
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2008-2010
21. Democratic Rep. Frederick
W. Richmond
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1978
22. Democratic Rep. Anthony
Weiner
Number of accusers: seven (7) or more
Dates of accusations: 2011, 2013, 2016
North Carolina:
23. Chief of Staff (for Rep. Mark Meadows), Kenny West
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2012 (?)
Ohio:
24. Republican state Rep. Wes Goodman
Number of accusers: dozens
Dates of accusations: various
25. Republican state Sen. Cliff Hite
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017
Oregon:
26. Republican Senator Bob
Packwood
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: on or before 1995
Texas:
27. Republican Rep. Joe
Barton
Number of accusers: two (2) ??
Dates of accusations: 2015
28. Republican Rep. Blake
Farenthold
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
IV. Sports Mogul,
Olympic Gymnastics Doctor:
29. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2013
30. USA women’s gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar
Number of accusers: one hundred thirty (130)
Dates of accusations: 1994-2016
V. News Executives,
Hosts, Analyst:
31. Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes
Number of accusers: at least ten (10)
Dates of accusations: 1967-2016
32. Fox News host and contributor Eric Bolling
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: recent
33. NBC News political analyst Mark Halperin
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 1994 to recently
34. Fox News host Bill
O’Reilly
Number of accusers: five (5) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-2017
35. NPR News Chief Michael
Oreskes
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1990s, 2015
36. CBS, PBS, Bloomberg News Anchor, host, contributing
correspondent Charlie Rose
Number of accusers: twenty (20)
Dates of accusations: late 1990s-2011
37. New York Times White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush
Number of accusers: unspecified (multiple)
Dates of accusations: for at least 20 years
VI. Movie Studio
Heads, Producers, Promoters, Directors, Writers:
38. Producer and director Gary Goddard
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1974
39. The Flash and Supergirl showrunner Andrew Kreisberg
Number of accusers: nineteen (19)
Dates of accusations: unspecified
40. Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter
Number of accusers: numerous
Dates of accusations: various
41. “Girls” writer/TV producer Murray Miller
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2012
42. Polish director Roman
Polanski
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984
43. Amazon Studios head/chief promoter Roy Price
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2015
44. Director Brett
Ratner
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s, 2004-2005, 2014
45. Nickelodeon showrunner Chris Savino
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-present
46. Def Jam hip hop co-founder Russell Simons
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 1991
47. Director Oliver
Stone
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s (?)
48. Writer and director James
Toback
Number of accusers: three hundred ten (310) or more
Dates of accusations: 1987 to the present (?)
49. “Mad Men” writer Matthew
Weiner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009
50. The Weinstein Company producer: Harvey Weinstein
Number of accusers: at least one hundred three (103)
Dates of accusations: 1970s-2015
51. The Weinstein Company producer: Bob Weinstein
Number of accusers: one (1) or more
Dates of accusations: 2016
VII. Literary
Critic, Editor:
52. New Republic editor Leon
Wieseltier
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: uncertain
53. Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2005
VIII. Singer, Actors:
54. Ben Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2014
55. Casey Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2010
56. Louis C.K.
(comedian)
Number of accusers: five (5)
Dates of accusations: Beginning about 2002.
57. Bill Cosby
Number of accusers: fifty-eight (58) or more
Dates of accusations: 1965-2008
58. Robert Herjavec
Number of accusers: one (1) ??
Dates of accusations: 2015
59. Dustin Hoffman
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1985, 1991
60. Michael Jackson
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 1985-1992, 1986, 1988, 1992 (??)
61. Porn star Ron
Jeremy
Number of accusers: more than a dozen (12+)
Dates of accusations: during the past thirty (30) years or
so
62. Danny Masterson
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: uncertain
63. Jeremy Piven
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2011, other dates (?)
64. Steven Seagal
Number of accusers: three (3) ???
Dates of accusations: 1991-2005
65. Charlie Sheen
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1985
66. Tom Sizemore
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 2003
67. Kevin Spacey
Number of accusers: twenty (20) or more
Dates of accusations: 1981-2014
68. Sylvester
Stallone
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 1986
69. Jeffrey Tambor
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: unclear
70. Ed Westwick
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
IX. Celebrity
Photographer:
71. Terry Richardson
Number of accusers: nine (9) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2014 (?)
X. Hotelier, Celebrity
Chefs:
72. Hotelier André
Balazs
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1991-2014
73. Chef John Besh
Number of accusers: one (1) against Besh; twenty-five (25)
or more re a culture of abuse within Besh’s restaurant group
Dates of accusations: 2015, previously and continuing
74. Chef Julian
Medina
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017 (?)
[Updated November 25,
2017]
