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Judi Lynn

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Fri Oct 24, 2014, 12:41 AM Oct 2014

Colombia senate secretary loses it after reporter reveals sexual harassment allegations

Colombia senate secretary loses it after reporter reveals sexual harassment allegations
Oct 23, 2014 posted by Adriaan Alsema

Following revelations of alleged sexual harassment in Colombia’s Senate, the secretary suspected of the abuse on Thursday heard he also has to respond for allegedly threatening the journalist who revealed the scandal.

Jesus Maria España, the secretary of the Senate’s Seventh Committee got into trouble earlier this week when a former colleague told radio station La FM that the committee secretary had touched her, and had sent had sent improper text messages and emails.

The colleague, who didn’t see her temporary labor contract renewed after turning down the alleged avances, said España had been abusive towards other women working in Congress.

As if that was not enough trouble for the administrative executive, España took his frustration out on the journalist who had made the complaints and subsequent investigations public.

More:
http://colombiareports.co/senate-secretary-loses-journalist-reveals-sexual-harassment-allegations/

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