After an ABC News staffer filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the network and Michael Corn, accusing him of sexual assault, he is calling the claims “demonstrably false,” pointing to e…
) also claims that Corn assaulted another staffer, Jill McClain, who is no longer with the network, on two separate occasions while they were traveling. She is not a plaintiff in the lawsuit, but is supporting the case.The lawsuit, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, names Corn and ABC as defendants. It also accused Corn of fostering a toxic work environment, and alleges that the network was aware of complaints about Corn but did not take action.
He added, “Jill McClain’s allegations are equally as fabricated. After I allegedly touched her on an airplane, Jill repeatedly booked our future air travel to sit next to me, she invited me to her wedding—including a pre-wedding event that was limited to her immediate family and closest friends—and she repeatedly communicated to me and my wife that she missed me after leaving her position at ABC. These are not the words and actions of a woman who had been assaulted.
“Crawford, as Corn’s subordinate, felt compelled to solve her boss’ apparent problem,” according to the lawsuit. “Corn provided Crawford with his room and floor number, and Crawford went to the front desk to explain that her boss had lost his room key. Just as Crawford was about to explain the situation to the clerk at the front desk, Corn called to Crawford and told her that he had found his room key and that he actually had it all along.
“Crawford was frozen in fear. While holding Crawford’s head against his chest, Corn began kissing the top of Crawford’s head, petting her hair and stroking her arm. Over and over again, Corn repeated, ‘Shhhh, let’s just lie here; shhhh, let’s just lie here, shhhh.’ Thankfully, Crawford was able to pull away from Corn’s grasp and rushed to her room.”
Included were emails of an exchange the morning after the alleged incident, Feb. 21, in which she expresses concern over Stephanopoulos’s flight from New York to Los Angeles being canceled. Locke noted that in the exchange, Corn apologized that Crawford had to deal with the flight situation, and she made it clear that he “had nothing to apologize for at that time” and offered to ride with him to the Oscars that evening.
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