Former actress at center of HP harassment claim says she's sorry Hurd lost job

[mike r]

Source: San Francisco Chronicle

A former actress and reality TV show star stepped forward Sunday to say she is the contractor who filed a sexual harassment claim that led to the resignation of Hewlett-Packard Co. chief executive Mark Hurd.

"I was surprised and saddened that Mark Hurd lost his job over this. That was not my intention,'' Jodie Fisher said in a written statement released by her lawyer, Gloria Allred.

According to Allred, Fisher is a single mother "focused on raising her young son" and formerly worked on the House Select Committee on Narcotics Abuse and and Control.

Allred also said Fisher has also appeared in several television shows and films, "some of which were R-Rated, when she was in her 30s." Most recently, she appeared on the NBC realty TV show "Age of Love."...



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