A scathing new report in the Washington Post is amplifying the voices of 15 women who allege that they were sexually harassed and verbally abused by former employees of…
“I have never been in a more hostile, manipulative, passive-aggressive environment … and I worked in politics,” Julia Payne, former assistant press secretary in US President Bill Clinton’s administration, told the Washington Post in a recent interview.
While Payne, who was vice president of communications for Washington’s NFL team in 2003, claims she did not witness or experience sexual harassment within the team workplace, at least 15 women who also worked in the office were not so lucky, according to recent testimonies provided to the outlet.
Applegate was the only alleged victim who did not elect to speak on the condition of anonymity. However, several of the other women noted that they previously entered into nondisclosure agreements with the NFL franchise and, therefore, feared possible litigation and financial ruin if they spoke publicly.
“Reducing a young woman to thinking that she can only do her job well if she wears a certain thing or exposes part of her body is demeaning,” stated a former saleswoman with the team.
