Jesse Jackson accused of sexual harassment by The Root journalist
Source: Palm Beach Post
Patrick McMahon, Rare.us
6:44 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017
The Root writer and producer Danielle Young has come forward with sexual harassment allegations against the Rev. Jesse Jackson that she says occurred at a prior employer, a “popular” media company.
In an article titled "Don't Let the Smile Fool You. I'm Cringing on the Inside," Young says a meeting at the previous employer's company on an unspecified date ended with a “keynote speech” by Jackson. After his speech, which she says was about the responsibility of black journalists, she joined her colleagues in line for a photo with Jackson.
“One by one, we stepped up, shared a few words and thank-yous with Jackson, snapped photos and went back to our desks,” she writes. “Simple enough, right?” But Young alleges that when she went for a photo with Jackson, it wasn’t simple.
She says he gave her a look up and down and “reached out a hand and grabbed my thigh, saying, ‘I like all of that right there!’ and gave my thigh a tight squeeze.”
Read more: http://www.palmbeachpost.com/entertainment/jesse-jackson-accused-sexual-harassment-the-root-journalist/bnCn3A9ai4WNjQoubIy8mI/
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