MSNBC TV execs buy off producer accusing Chris Matthews of sexual harassment
NBC News/MSNBC executives paid out thousands of dollars to a female production-staff member working for the boisterous — conservatives say “deranged” — Chris Matthews, the host who regularly denigrates and name-calls President Donald Trump over his alleged inappropriate behavior.
Even at that time, civil litigation and government intervention might have deemed the complainant’s charge as being Chris Matthews’ creation of a “hostile work environment.”
“It appears that the television executives at the cable news network MSNBC and the broadcast network NBC just had to buy the female producer’s silence. As a former cop, I believe they might have threatened her TV news career and even perhaps they told her she would be ‘blacklisted’ as a troublemaker or worse,” said former sex crimes unit detective Ellen Baggallia.
“We must always be cognizant of the fact that sex crimes are about power not about sex. It actually doesn’t matter about gender: it happens when the boss is a woman and the underling is a man, although most men may find it easier just to leave a ‘hostile work environment’ for a new employer,” Det. Baggallia claims.
The money was paid to the alleged victim about 18-years-ago when the unidentified associate producer filed a sexual harassment complaint against the host of “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” Matthews has refused to comment on the story.
The Daily Caller and Fox News are reporting that NBC’s executives authorized payment of $40,000 to settle the woman’s claim against Matthews in 1999. A NBC public affairs representative said that the network paid a smaller, unspecified amount as part of a severance package.
Both lawmakers are quick to point fingers at conservative men, but hold back on their complaints about fellow Democrats.
However, adjusting for inflation, $40,000 in 1999 equals $58,921.78 in 2017. It’s not known the complainant’s salary at the time of the alleged harassment by Matthews. However, in his last two years he has been paid $1.2 million and his tax returns indicated he has a net worth of $16 million
“Here we see another television commentator who openly supports the Democratic Party and its platform and candidates while he accuses Republicans — especially conservative GOP politicians — of sexual misconduct,” said former sex crimes unit detective and private investigator Laura Carlstadt, who specializes in workplace crime.
An MSNBC spokesman told The Daily Caller that Matthews had been slapped with a formal reprimand at the time the woman made her complaint. The website reported that the network decided that the complaints were “inappropriate and juvenile,” but were not intended as propositions.
