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Several women recently stepped up to complain of being sexually harassed by New York shock jock Wendy Williams' husband, adding to the original claims made by the show booker.
Nicole Spence, Wendy's talent booker at WBLS 107.5 FM filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last month alleging that Williams' husband and manager, 33-year-old Kevin Hunter, tried to demand sex from her on repeated occasions.
"His sexual propositions escalated into the obsessive. ... He constantly told me of his desire to 'f*ck' me and that he had been dreaming about sleeping with me," Spence's complaint reads. "Mr. Hunter said I needed 'a real man in my life to mold me into the woman that I am supposed to be,' proclaiming, of course, that he was that man."
Spence also claims that Hunter created a hostile work environment by physically abusing Williams.
Now, according to New York's Daily News, other employees have come forward to back up Spence's story.
"Others have come forward since we filed the complaint to support Nicole's claims," said Kate Webber, a partner at Thompson, Wigdor & Gilly, which is preparing a federal lawsuit on Spence's behalf. "They say he often called women b*tches and used alcohol, and they describe his violent outbursts against Ms. Williams." Webber also said that other women said they too were victimized by Hunter, who is not employed by WBLS.
The radio show, "The Wendy Williams Experience" is infamous for its brash interview tactics and unforgiving gossip, but co-attorney Ken Thompson said the format is no excuse.
"The bottom line is, whatever the content of her show is, the workplace can't be an extension of the radio program," said Thompson, who won a similar multi-million dollar suit against The Source magazine. "This young lady has a right to work in an atmosphere free of sexual harassment, free of exposure to acts of violence. They've moved her out of her workspace and taken her duties away, but she still shows up every day at 3 Park Ave. trying to do her job. She is an amazing person."
Williams has publicly refuted these claims. Neither the shock jock or WBLS general manager Deon Levingston responded to requests for comment, and Hunter could not be reached.
Source: sohh.com
Nicole Spence, Wendy's talent booker at WBLS 107.5 FM filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission last month alleging that Williams' husband and manager, 33-year-old Kevin Hunter, tried to demand sex from her on repeated occasions.
"His sexual propositions escalated into the obsessive. ... He constantly told me of his desire to 'f*ck' me and that he had been dreaming about sleeping with me," Spence's complaint reads. "Mr. Hunter said I needed 'a real man in my life to mold me into the woman that I am supposed to be,' proclaiming, of course, that he was that man."
Spence also claims that Hunter created a hostile work environment by physically abusing Williams.
Now, according to New York's Daily News, other employees have come forward to back up Spence's story.
"Others have come forward since we filed the complaint to support Nicole's claims," said Kate Webber, a partner at Thompson, Wigdor & Gilly, which is preparing a federal lawsuit on Spence's behalf. "They say he often called women b*tches and used alcohol, and they describe his violent outbursts against Ms. Williams." Webber also said that other women said they too were victimized by Hunter, who is not employed by WBLS.
The radio show, "The Wendy Williams Experience" is infamous for its brash interview tactics and unforgiving gossip, but co-attorney Ken Thompson said the format is no excuse.
"The bottom line is, whatever the content of her show is, the workplace can't be an extension of the radio program," said Thompson, who won a similar multi-million dollar suit against The Source magazine. "This young lady has a right to work in an atmosphere free of sexual harassment, free of exposure to acts of violence. They've moved her out of her workspace and taken her duties away, but she still shows up every day at 3 Park Ave. trying to do her job. She is an amazing person."
Williams has publicly refuted these claims. Neither the shock jock or WBLS general manager Deon Levingston responded to requests for comment, and Hunter could not be reached.
Source: sohh.com