Re: Letterman
So whats the deal?
he had consentiuall sex with women in his office, and someones trying to extort money out of him.
as long as he didnt pull a (B.C
), and do it on his wifes time, so what?
rob
In any organization, the boss having sexual contact with an underling is bad for a lot of reasons
- could be a form of sexual harassment or abuse ("have sex with me or I'll fire you")
- exposes the company to a range of possible lawsuits, e.g. discrimination ("I was passed over and mary promoted even though I'm a better performer, because she had sex with dave", or harassment ("it wasn't really consentual - I was afraid of the repercussions if I refused")
Bottom line, any time there is a power differential in a sexual relationship, it does not matter if it is consentual, it is technically abuse. In most companies, what Dave did is grounds for dismissal, because if the company does not fire him, they are implicitly condoning this behavior and thus much more likely to lose any lawsuits. This is what at least part of what the guy was extorting Letterman for - potential loss of his job. No idea about the timing of these encounters in re: his girlfriend/now wife, though that is probably part of it too.
