Cat fight!
Accused! Yahoo! exec! SUES! her! accuser!, says! sex! harassment! never! happened!
Maria Zhang, the Yahoo! executive accused of sexual harassment by former staffer Nan Shi, has filed a countersuit for defamation and intentional infliction of emotional distress, claiming Shi's allegations are nothing but a pack of lies. Lawyers representing Zhang filed the cross-complaint in the California Superior Court in …
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Thursday 17th July 2014 01:23 GMT Steven Roper
It's funny
that it's two women in a sexual harassment case. Who knows who's going to win this one?
If one of them was male - either the accuser or accused - it would be much more cut-and-dried: guilty by possession of a penis. But in this case the uncertainty is high enough that we could take bets on the outcome. Zhang or Shi? Boss or underling?
I'd probably put my money on Shi since allowing a defamation countersuit as a response to a sexual harassment claim would likely set an undesirable precedent in the eyes of the pro-feminist power base within the legal system.
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Thursday 17th July 2014 16:49 GMT Hollerith 1
Re: It's funny
Not that amusing -- most accused do have a penis because most people in power are men, and some men (although not my lovely colleagues) get a wee bit confused about what is appropriate use of power and what is not. On the other hand, one of the most vicious bullies I've ever worked for was female. Power tends to corrupt...
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Thursday 17th July 2014 08:57 GMT Caesarius
Yahoo sounds a bit like Billy Bunter
"no support for Shi’s assertion that there was ever any sexual relationship between her and Zhang – much less that there was a non-consensual sexual relationship."
OK, so how do you get "much less" than "no support"? It's like Billy Bunter claiming innocence and extenuating circumstances.
(Icon also in respect of Greyfriars)
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Thursday 17th July 2014 12:24 GMT Fihart
Now we know ?
Why Yahoo so often shows pictures of attractive young Asian women ?
Wish they'd concentrate on work instead -- Yahoo Mobile Mail has been impossible for me to sign into on either Blackberry or Android for some days now.
No response so far from Yahoo "Care" on Twitter or Facebook.
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