Several
weeks ago, if you thought all the major sexual harassers had been outed, you
were wrong.
Were
you ever.
Recent
days and weeks have seen the following prominent men—among others—accused of a
variety of acts of sexual harassment, abuse, and assault:
—
Alex Kozinski, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Associate Judge and formerly
Chief Judge, has been accused of multiple sexual indiscretions including the
sharing of pornography with his female staff members;
—
Former USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar was recently sentenced in a Michigan
federal district court to a maximum 60-year prison term for possession of tens
of thousands of child pornography images, as well as other federal charges, and
is awaiting sentencing in separate state cases for sexually assaulting numerous
women and girls primarily during medical appointments;
— Minnesota
Democratic Senator Al Franken, the target of some minor and somewhat
controversial accusations, has resigned effective the end of December.
He at least has had the good grace to apologize and gave an exceptional speech
on the floor of the Senate highlighting his views about the events that have
roiled him and still hold true for Donald Trump and Roy Moore;
— Arizona
Republican Rep. Trent Franks has resigned effective the end of January;
—
Tom Ashbrook, star New Yorker reporter, has been suspended from the magazine
and terminated from employment at Georgetown University;
—
Leonard Lopate and Jonathan Schwartz, two of NPR’s long-time hosts, were
suspended from WNYC;
—
Peter Martins, the artistic director of New York City
Ballet and an instructor at School of American Ballet, was suspended from
teaching his weekly class at the school;
— Matt
Lauer, NBC host of the Today Show for 20 years, was fired after a detailed
accusation of sexual abuse was given to NBC management, closely followed by multiple
other accusations;
—
Famed Metropolitan Opera conductor James Levine, was suspended from his
employment after being accused of decades of sexual abuse of underage boys;
—
Texas Republican Congressman Joe Barton, is retiring from the House after
admitting to multiple online sexting allegations of nude photos of himself and
at least one woman;
— Michigan
Congressman John Conyers, having served in the House for over half a century, resigned
from Congress as Ranking Member of the House Judiciary Committee following
revelations that he settled an unlawful firing/sexual harassment charge with a
$27,000 payoff; and
— Eminent
playwright Israel Horovitz, has been charged with decades of sexual misconduct
by at least nine accusers, leading to the cancellation of at least two
productions of his plays.
So
if you thought the recent inclusion of veteran newsman Charlie Rose in the Abusers
Hall of Shame put the nail in the coffin of American women’s list of
misogynistic men who abuse, think again. The women whose careers were
short-circuited and whose persons were assaulted—having long suppressed their
fear, anger, embarrassment, and humiliation—continue to come forward and tell
their stories.
At a
rapid head-turning 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.
Charlie Rose, consummate veteran CBS/PBS/Bloomberg news anchor, host, and
contributing correspondent was fired
after being accused by at least twenty women over a period of decades of groping,
lewd telephone calls, and unwanted advances.
Time
Magazine named “The Silence Breakers” the 2017 Person(s) of the Year,
acknowledging the widespread effect of the women who have been coming forward
#MeToo.
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,
still looming over the proceedings (against whom a class action RICO
racketeering lawsuit has been commenced, also naming various Weinstein
associates as co-defendants or enablers).
That
is, 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—occurring
today under a bright spotlight—has commandeered and raised the public
consciousness over his stalking and assaults on teenage girls when he was
already an Alabama district attorney. He has 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
32 years old.
And
President Trump, against whom at least twenty accusations of sexual abuse are
pending—and whose counsel appeared this past week at an hour-long hearing in
Manhattan on a sexual harassment lawsuit against him requesting dismissal of
the action—has 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.
Democratic
Senator Kirstin Gillibrand has publicly called for Trump’s resignation.
Other
notables who have been outed in past weeks in seemingly unchecked public
disclosures of a variety of offensive behaviors include New York Times White
House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush, Texas Republican Congressman Blake
Farenthold who secretly settled a sexual harassment allegation for $84,000, Pixar
co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter, 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 seemed 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 and often illegal 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 recently unearthed for public scrutiny.
The newest
list of abusers includes:
A
President, two federal judges, 29 politicians, 10 business and sports moguls, athletes,
and an Olympic gymnastics doctor, 17 news executives, hosts, and analysts, 23
movie studio heads, producers, promoters, directors, and writers, a literary critic,
two editors, 25 singers, actors, a musician, and a magician, two master
performers, two celebrity photographers, a hotelier, and three celebrity chefs.
The total number of sexual harassers and abusers featured below is now up to
119.
It
is impossible to predict how many more prominent media personalities may find
themselves on the receiving end of sexual harassment or abuse claims in the
days and weeks to come.
The Big Four continue 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 (140+ victims)
— Writer-director
James Toback (310+ victims)
An expansive
list of prominent men on the “most-offensive” list now includes the following
(only a cockeyed optimist would consider this list to be complete, but it may
be time to move on):
I. President:
1. Donald J. Trump
Number of accusers: twenty (20)
Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2013
II. Judges:
2. Associate Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1980-1983
3. Associate Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Alex Kozinski
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: 2008,
2012, 2014
III. Politicians:
Alabama:
4. Former State Supreme Court Judge; Republican Senatorial
candidate Roy Moore
Number of accusers: nine (9)
Dates of accusations: 1977-1991
Arizona:
5. Republican Rep. Trent
Franks
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: recently
California:
6. Democrat Assembly Majority Whip Paul Bocanegra
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: 2009
Colorado:
7. Democratic State Rep. Steve Lebsock
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2016
Florida:
8. Democratic Party Chairman Stephen Bittel
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: various
9. Republican Rep. Mark
Foley
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2006
Illinois:
10. Republican Speaker of the House Rep. Dennis Hastert
Number of accusers: four (4) or more
Dates of accusations: 1960s-1970s
11. Republican Rep. Daniel
B. Crane
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1980
Indiana:
12. Republican Rep. Mark
Souder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2004-2010
Kentucky:
13. Republican House Speaker Jeff Hoover
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent
14. Republican Rep. Brian
D. Linder
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent
Maryland:
15. Washington County Commissioner LeRoy E. Myers Jr.
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017
Massachusetts:
16. Democratic Rep. Gerry
E. Studds
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1973
Michigan:
17. Democratic Rep. John
Conyers
Number of accusers: two (2) or more
Dates of accusations: 1997-2005, 2015
Minnesota:
18. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Senator Al Franken
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2006, 2010
19. Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) State Senator Dan Schoen
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 2015(?)
20. Republican State Rep. Tony Comish
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2010(?)-2017
Nevada:
21. Republican Senator John
Ensign
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009 (?)
22. Democratic Rep. Ruben
Kihuen
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2015
23. Reno City Manager Andrew
Clinger
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2011-2016
New York:
24. Democratic Rep. Eric
Massa
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2008-2010
25. Democratic Rep. Frederick
W. Richmond
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1978
26. Democratic Rep. Anthony
Weiner
Number of accusers: seven (7) or more
Dates of accusations: 2011, 2013, 2016
North Carolina:
27. Chief of Staff (for Rep. Mark Meadows), Kenny West
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2012 (?)
Ohio:
28. Republican state Rep. Wes Goodman
Number of accusers: dozens
Dates of accusations: various
29. Republican state Sen. Cliff Hite
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017
Oregon:
30. Republican Senator Bob
Packwood
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: on or before 1995
Texas:
31. Republican Rep. Joe
Barton
Number of accusers: multiple (??)
Dates of accusations: 2015
32. Republican Rep. Blake
Farenthold
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
IV. Business and Sports
Moguls, Athletes, Olympic Gymnastics Doctor:
33. Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2013
34. Billionaire, English business magnate, investor, and
philanthropist, owner of The Virgin Group of 400 companies Richard Branson
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2010 (??)
35. DFJ Founding Partner and Tesla board member Steve Jurvetson
Number of accusers: unclear
Dates of accusations: not known
36. Hall of Fame quarterback and Sports 1
Marketing owner Warren Moon
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recently
37. USA Women’s Gymnastics Dr. Larry Nassar
Number of accusers: one hundred forty (140) or more
Dates of accusations: 1994-2016
38. Co-Founder and Managing Director of
Sherpa Capital / Uber Shervin Pishevar
Number of accusers: five (5)
Dates of accusations: recent
39. Founder and CEO of phone startup Essential
Products Andy Rubin
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
40. Def Jam Recordings founder, CE of Rush Communications,
philanthropist Russell Simmons
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1991
41. Penn State football coach Jerry Sandusky
Number of accusers: numerous
Dates of accusations: decades past
42. Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Jameis Winston
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2016
V. News Executives,
Hosts, Analyst:
43. Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes
Number of accusers: at least ten (10)
Dates of accusations: 1967-2016
44. NPR veteran host of “On Point” Tom Ashbrook
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: unclear
45. Fox News host and contributor Eric Bolling
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: recent
46. President and publisher of The New Republic Hamilton Fish
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: unclear
47. NBC News political analyst Mark Halperin
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 1994 to recently
48. NBC Today Show Host Matt
Lauer
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016, etc.
49. New Yorker star reporter, Georgetown lecturer Ryan Lizza
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: recent
50. Public radio host of “The Leonard Lopate Show” Leonard Lopate
Number of accusers: uncertain
Dates of accusations: not known
51. Fox News host Bill
O’Reilly
Number of accusers: five (5) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-2017
52. NPR senior vice president of news and
editorial director Michael
Oreskes
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 1990s, 2015
53. Fox News political commentator Geraldo Rivera
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1973
54. CBS, PBS, Bloomberg News Anchor, host, contributing
correspondent Charlie Rose
Number of accusers: twenty (20)
Dates of accusations: late 1990s-2011
55. Public radio host of “The Jonathan Channel” Jonathan Schwartz
Number of accusers: uncertain
Dates of accusations: not known
56. Radio and television host Ryan Seacrest
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2007 (?)
57. Vox Media editorial director Lockhart Steele
Number of accusers: unclear
Dates of accusations: not known
58. NPR Chief News Editor David Sweeney
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: unclear
59. New York Times White House correspondent Jeffrey Thrush
Number of accusers: unspecified (multiple)
Dates of accusations: 2012, 2013, 2017
VI. Movie Studio
Heads, Producers, Promoters, Directors, Writers, Agent:
60. E! News correspondent Ken Baker
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: unclear
61. Children’s book author, illustrator
and motivational speaker Dallas Clayton
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: unknown
62. Producer and director Gary Goddard
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1974
63. Public radio host and writer John Hockenberry
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: past ten (10) years at least
64. Playwright Israel
Horowitz
Number of accusers: nine (9)
Dates of accusations: early 1980s-2016
65. The Flash and Supergirl showrunner Andrew Kreisberg
Number of accusers: nineteen (19)
Dates of accusations: unspecified
66. Artforum art magazine publisher Knight Landesman
Number of accusers: nine (9) or more
Dates of accusations: various
67. Pixar co-founder/Disney Animation head John Lassseter
Number of accusers: numerous
Dates of accusations: various
68. “Girls” writer/TV producer Murray Miller
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2012
69. CBS Diversity Sketch Comedy writer and producer Rick Najera
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: recent
70. Polish director Roman
Polanski
Number of accusers: five (5)
Dates of accusations: 1972, 1973, 1977, 1984
71. Amazon Studios head/chief promoter Roy Price
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2015
72. Producer and director Brett Ratner
Number of accusers: six (6)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s, 2004-2005, 2014
73. Nickelodeon showrunner Chris Savino
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: 2002-present
74. “One Tree Hill” creator and showrunner Mark Schwahn
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 2003-2012
75. Tech bloger Robert
Scoble
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: 2009-2014
76. “X-men” director Bryan
Singer
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2003
77. Director Oliver
Stone
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: early 1990s (?)
78. Writer and director James
Toback
Number of accusers: three hundred ten (310) or more
Dates of accusations: 1987 to the present (?)
79. Talent agent Adam
Venit
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2016
80. “Mad Men” showrunner and writer Matthew Weiner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2009
81. The Weinstein Company producer: Harvey Weinstein
Number of accusers: at least one hundred three (103)
Dates of accusations: 1970s-2015
82. The Weinstein Company producer: Bob Weinstein
Number of accusers: one (1) or more
Dates of accusations: 2016
VII. Literary
Critic, Editors:
83. DC Comics editor Eddie
Berganza
Number of accusers: three (3)
Dates of accusations: unclear
84. New Republic editor Leon
Wieseltier
Number of accusers: twelve (12) or more
Dates of accusations: uncertain
85. Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2005
VIII. Singers, Musician,
Magician, Actors:
86. Ben Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2014
87. Casey Affleck
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 2010
88. David Blaine
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2004
89. Former Backstreet Boys singer Nick Carter
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2002
90. Comedian Louis C.K.
Number of accusers: five (5)
Dates of accusations: Beginning about 2002.
91. Stephen Collins
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1973-1994
92. Bill Cosby
Number of accusers: fifty-eight (58) or more
Dates of accusations: 1965-2008
93. Andy Dick
Number of accusers: more than one
Dates of accusations: recent
94. Richard Dreyfuss
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: mid-1980s
95. Robert Herjavec
Number of accusers: one (1) ??
Dates of accusations: 2015
96. Dustin Hoffman
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: 1985, 1991
97. Michael Jackson
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 1985-1992, 1986, 1988, 1992 (??)
98. Porn star Ron
Jeremy
Number of accusers: more than a dozen (12+)
Dates of accusations: during the past thirty (30) years or
so
99. Ethan Kath
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2004-2014
100. R. Kelly
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 1996-present
101. Danny Masterson
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: uncertain
102. Jeremy Piven
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 2003, 2011, other dates (?)
103. Geoffrey Rush
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2015
104. Steven Seagal
Number of accusers: three (3) ???
Dates of accusations: 1991-2005
105. Charlie Sheen
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 1985
106. Tom Sizemore
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 2003
107. Kevin Spacey
Number of accusers: twenty (20) or more
Dates of accusations: 1981-2014
108. Sylvester
Stallone
Number of accusers: one (1)
Date of accusation: 1986
109. George Takei
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: about 1980
110. Jeffrey Tambor
Number of accusers: two (2)
Dates of accusations: unclear
111. Ed Westwick
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
IX. Master
Performers:
112. Metropolitan Opera Conductor James Levine
Number of accusers: multiple
Dates of accusations: 1968, 1979, 1985 et seq., 2016
113. Artistic Director of New York City
Ballet and instructor at School of American Ballet Peter Martins
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: unknown
X. Celebrity
Photographers:
114. Terry Richardson
Number of accusers: nine (9) or more
Dates of accusations: 2001-2014 (?)
115. Bruce Weber
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2014
XI. Hotelier, Celebrity
Chefs:
116. Hotelier André
Balazs
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: 1991-2014
117. 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
118. Pastry Chef Johnny Iuzzini
Number of accusers: four (4)
Dates of accusations: various dates
119. Chef Julian
Medina
Number of accusers: one (1)
Dates of accusations: 2017 (?)
[Updated
December 12]
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