Armstrong Williams named in sexual harassment suit

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JoeMyGod had the story on Wednesday:

AGAIN: Totally Not Gay Advisor To Dr. Stabby Sued For Alleged Sexual Harassment Of Male Former Staffer

Erik Wemple | opinion

Armstrong Williams named in sexual harassment suit

By Erik Wemple
@ErikWemple

July 13 

Armstrong Williams, a media entrepreneur and central figure in the failed presidential campaign of Ben Carson, stands accused of sexual harassment and retaliation from a former sales associate at a local Jos. A. Bank store.

Charlton Woodyard, in a complaint lodged in D.C. federal court, seeks unspecified damages from Williams for seeking to “control Mr. Woodyard financially, professionally, and emotionally.” The end result of this effort, notes the suit, was that Williams “abused his power to attempt to exploit {Woodyard} sexually.” The sequence of events outlined in the complaint starts in the spring of 2013, when Woodyard was 26 and working at Union Station’s Jos. A. Bank. Williams struck up a conversation with the sales associate and invited him early the next morning to his office, where they worked together for the whole day. Williams is a Sirius XM radio host and owner of seven television stations across the country.
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In the fall of 2013, Williams assisted Woodyard in securing a job at the Washington Times, thanks to a connection with then-top executive John Solomon. What happened after that? Very, very strange things, according to the complaint. Williams despaired that Woodyard was getting a life of his own and not spending sufficient quality time with him. So he rang up Solomon to protest that “Mr. Woodyard was not effective in his work at the Washington Times and had been given too much leeway in setting his work schedule.” While Williams issued these gripes to Solomon, Woodyard was in the same room as Williams, the suit states. “This call demonstrated to Mr. Woodyard that Mr. Williams had control over Mr. Woodyard’s employment at the Washington Times, and that he would not tolerate the fact that Mr. Woodyard had begun to find success independent of his patronage,” reads the complaint.
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In 1997, Williams was sued by a former producer who alleged that the media figure “repeatedly kissed and fondled him for almost two years,” according to a Post account at the time. Fitness was also featured in those allegations, as the plaintiff in the case was a trainer before Williams drafted him for work with his radio show. The parties settled the dispute.

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1. That would be the second one as I recall.