Y&R: TMZ reporting on Michael Muhney

[marceline]

My experience with a sexual harassment situation at work back in the 90s (witness not victim), there is no speaking "in defense" of someone. There is only "What have you seen?" "What have you heard?" "What did you do?"

It makes perfect sense, in my situation the harasser was well-known to everybody as a sex hound who'd put the make on every woman he could but it became accepted 1.) because he was good at his job and 2.) because the workplace was so dysfunctional in so many ways the bar was set rather high. The clash comes when new people are hired and they have a healthier idea of what is and isn't acceptable. The tough thing for the whistleblower is that all the people around her think it's no big deal. It's like growing up in an abusive family. You have no idea what normal is until you meet someone at school whose parents don't put out lit cigarettes on their arm.

HK probably was rightly upset when he first touched her and got the "Oh that's just how he is!" excuse but with the second time she decided enough was enough.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

Where'd this 6 months news come from? And why are people taking Tommy from Highlight Hollywood's words as fact?

[dragonflies]

The first time he probably said he brushed against her by accident or something stupid like that

[Ann_SS]

I don't where the 6 months thing came from. It was not in mentioned when the story was originally posted here at SON or in the TMZ report. It seems to be something that floated out of some gossip site.

[marceline]

Wonkette's pop-culture site HappyNiceTimePeople.com picked up the Muhney news.

http://happynicetimepeople.com/sideboob-rodman-muhney-madonna/

It think this is the first time they've covered anything soap related.

[Juliajms]

Also seems possible that HHK was not his first victim. In a situation like he said/she said, they may not be able to do anything the first time it's reported, if there isn't any corroborating evidence. Once multiple people complain or there is a witness, a pattern of behavior starts to emerge and TPTB can take action. All of that coming together could have taken quite awhile.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

I think it came from MAB's friend Tommy at that joke of a site Highlight Hollywood. He's always spinning things and making up lies to act like he has inside info other than the few things MAB tells him.

[Ann_SS]

I had never even heard of that Highlight Hollywood site until MAB did her backtracking act on MM there.

[Juliajms]

Also, a couple of these sites have said MM has been bullying/harnessing more than one person over a period of time and this was the last straw. Certainly sounds like it's been going on for months if not longer.

[Khan]

That would be almost like saying Paul and Christine ran backwards into Phyllis' car and then fell down. Almost.

[chicklitsandfantasies]

Well that we know since we've seen his Twitter outburst. Look how many fights he's started with EB alone the most memorable one being the pedophile mustache fight. But that's separate issue from this particular incident.

[Ann_SS]

I went back and found SharonRocks' original post with the scoop (I posted it below). According to her, MM's firing occurred pretty directly after HK reported him. TMZ reported that he had been bullying others besides HK and that sexually harassing her was the last straw. This suggests to me that Sony's HR was aware of his bullying and/or had been investigating the situation prior to HK's complaint.

[Khan]

You know, not to fan the flames of any ongoing stan wars or anything, but I'd [!@#$%^&*] a brick if we were to learn SharonRocks or their source was, in fact, Sharon Case. I mean, it'd be a little too MELROSE PLACE, but...just sayin'.

[electrorat]

If someone witnessed it happening, that would have sped up the firing too.

[YRBB]

$875 dollars?

Stans FAIL!