Ka-boom.
Five women accused veteran political reporter Mark Halperin of sexual harassment during his time in a senior position at ABC News:
Exclusive: Five women accuse journalist and "Game Change" co-author Mark Halperin of sexual harassment https://t.co/6M7MglVXGr
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 26, 2017
From CNN:
But women who spoke to CNN say he also had a dark side not made public until now. The stories of harassment shared with CNN range in nature from propositioning employees for sex to kissing and grabbing one’s breasts against her will. Three of the women who spoke to CNN described Halperin as, without consent, pressing an erection against their bodies while he was clothed. Halperin denies grabbing a woman’s breasts and pressing his genitals against the three women.
Halperin basically admitted he’s a scuzz in an interview with Darcy:
HALPERIN, to me says he is "going to take a step back" from his "day-to-day work" while he deals with the situation https://t.co/6M7MglVXGr pic.twitter.com/1aTuNpkr5F
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 26, 2017
And he’s stepping back from his current role with MSNBC:
NEW: Halperin leaving his role as NBC analyst, per network statement pic.twitter.com/iptgSuFCKH
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 26, 2017
Reporter Emily Miller is apparently one of Halperin’s victims:
#MeToo https://t.co/J4R5sj9wfG
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) October 26, 2017
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And there’s video:
Go back and watch the episode I was on of Morning Joe. This will explain why so many of you asked why he attacked me on live TV
— Emily Miller (@emilymiller) October 26, 2017
Fellow MSNBCer Joy Reid weighed in:
The rot keeps rolling… https://t.co/NTek3pZVws
— Joy Reid (@JoyAnnReid) October 26, 2017
As did Mika:
How Morning Joe covered the "allegations regarding our friend Mark Halperin": pic.twitter.com/nSor2IajhK
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) October 26, 2017
ABC News says they had no complaints while he was there:
Statement from ABC News https://t.co/6M7MglVXGr pic.twitter.com/rtSAEc0Zd6
— Oliver Darcy (@oliverdarcy) October 26, 2017
And Media Matters was quick to dig up a quote where Halperin questioned the timing of the sexual harassment allegations against then candidate Trump:
Mark Halperin when women spoke out about harassment from Trump: "We should be skeptical and question the timing" https://t.co/y8ySI5slaN pic.twitter.com/C9aJ9EZesu
— Media Matters (@mmfa) October 26, 2017
We should have known about Halperin ever since his tweet about this adorable dog in a bowtie:
https://twitter.com/kenklippenstein/status/923400500241985536
Seriously, @delta??!? pic.twitter.com/j9pZlcDyAU
— Mark Halperin (@MarkHalperin) April 22, 2017
https://twitter.com/lpolgreen/status/923396301663952896
Yep! He’s a dog. Now, who’s next?
Name-names, ladies. Name. Names.
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Update:
HBO has dropped Halperin/Heilemann's 2016 film pic.twitter.com/kuV6itwSbG
— Michael Calderone (@mlcalderone) October 26, 2017
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