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Two former staffers at InfoWars have accused founder and right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones of discrimination and sexual harassment, the Daily Mail reported on Wednesday. Jones allegedly bullied staffers, made anti-Semitic and racist comments, and groped one worker, according to two Equal Employment Opportunity Commission complaints obtained by the publication.
Rob Jacobson, a former video editor who worked for the site for 13 years, alleges his co-workers and managers called him The Jewish Individual and The Resident Jew, and that Jones regularly humiliated and belittled him. As the Mail reports, The abuse got so bad that one member of staff photo shopped Jacobsons face on to the image of an Orthodox Jew under the words THE JEWISH INDIVIDUAL DEMANDS YOUR HOT TOPICS and printed it out for all to see. Jacobson, who was eventually fired, is planning to sue Jones for discrimination, harassment, and unfair dismissal, in addition to his EEOC complaint.
Meanwhile, Ashley Beckford, a former production assistant for InfoWars parent company, Free Speech Systems, alleges Jones often spent his time shirtless, and endlessly leering
at female employees and guests, which created a disgusting, hostile environment that openly encouraged his staff to make inappropriate comments toward women. According to the EEOC statement from Beckford, who is African American, Jones made unwanted sexual advances and allegedly groped her while commenting, Who wouldnt want to have a black wife?
In a lengthy statement to the Daily Mail, Jones denied the claims, calling them no reflection of reality and completely, totally false.
https://www.motherjones.com/media/2018/02/alex-jones-is-accused-of-discrimination-and-sexual-harassment-by-former-infowars-employees/
Initech
(100,063 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)I wish Hannity would end up with similar allegations.
JHB
(37,158 posts)A cover of the Mortal Kombat using various Daffy Duck whoop-whoop-wooHoo noises and quotes in place of instruments.
Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)Going to work for Alex Jones and then complaining about discrimination or sexual harassment is kind of like taking a job at a sewage treatment plant and then filing a complaint about the smell. You had to know going in what it was.