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Missouri residents may have been shocked at the revelation that the reputation of the top-notch Blue Angels team has been tarnished by a scandal involving a former commander. A former Pensacola-based captain is facing accusations of tolerating a working environment in violation of military policies forbidding sexual harassment. The man has been relieved of duty in California, where he was…
The saga of the 20-year-old University of Missouri swimmer’s suicide continues with the release of an independent report claiming that the university neglected to follow some precepts of federal law while handling her case. Particularly noted were the university’s lack of a policy to advise employees of obligations to report incidents where sexual harassment and assault are suspected. The findings…
Missing pages from a private investigation into City of Joplin, Missouri, council members have been released. Months ago, the media received the original report minus the missing pages. The focus of the missing pages appears to be on a former city manager and his confrontational management style, which has been characterized harshly by city employees. Some have testified that the…
Almost three years after the suicide of a former Missouri University student and alleged sexual assault by one or more of the school’s football players, there is still much confusion regarding the university’s official policies on sexual harassment and discrimination prohibited by Title IX. The Office of Civil Rights has developed a policy for universities that applies to all faculty.…
Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill emerged victorious in her face-off with her Democratic New York counterpart, Sen, Kirsten Gillibrand, as the Senate recently blocked Gillibrand’s bill, which would have prevented the U. S. military brass from handing sexual assault cases. McCaskill spoke out, saying, “It’s very hard for me to get my arms around the notion that people are saying that…
Kansas City residents may be interested in the election drama taking place in the neighboring state of Illinois. A former Illinois state employee has accused Republican gubernatorial candidate state Treasurer Dan Rutherford of sexual harassment in addition to forcing him to do political work while on the clock at his state job. Ed Michalowski, a former attorney and director in…
Ministers and priests entrusted with the spiritual well-being of their church’s followers must conduct themselves without reproach and should be held to a very high standard, as people approach them at their most vulnerable points and turn to them in confidence. A pastor at the Wayman African Methodist Episcopal Church in St. Louis has been named a defendant in a…
Police are now investigating the circumstances surrounding an alleged off-campus rape almost four years ago of a former University of Missouri student athlete from Canada. The 20-year-old student was a member of the university’s swim team and was allegedly raped in February 2010 by multiple members of the football team. Sixteen months after the alleged gang rape occurred, the student,…
Missouri business owners and employees may want to take notice of the sexual harassment case involving the New York Post brought by a former editor. A district court ruled that the newspaper and its editor-in-chief will have to answer to the charges of unlawful termination and sexual harassment in court. The 38-page complaint was filed in 2009. According to the…
Missouri students and interns may be interested to know that according to a new ruling by the New York state federal district court, unpaid interns in that state do not receive legal protection for sexual harassment in the workplace. According to the ruling, since the claimant in the case was not being paid for her work, she was not an…