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Ponytail
saga: Sexual harassment complaint laid against John Key
A sexual
harassment complaint has been laid against Prime Minister John Key,
seeking compensation for the waitress in the ponytail pulling
scandal.
Amanda Bailey / John Key
TVNZ,
23
April 2015
The
complaint was filed this morning by private prosecutor Graham
McCready.
Mr
McCready's complaint alleges that Mr Key breached Section 62 (b) of
the Human Rights Act,. He is seeking "considerable compensation"
for Amanda Bailey and "if she does not want it I ask for the
money be given to Women's Refuge".
Ms
Bailey wrote a damning post on the Daily Blog, revealing Mr Key's
continuous aptitude for pulling her hair when visiting the Parnell
cafe where she works.
She
likened his behaviour to "school yard bullying" and said
she felt powerless and humiliated.
Mr
Key apologised for his behaviour by sending two bottles of pinot noir
to Ms Bailey and later accepted that it was not appropriate in
hindsight and that he thought it was in the "context of
practical jokes".
In
the wake of the revelations, many prominent people and groups have
weighed in, mostly in defence of Ms Bailey and ridiculing the Prime
Minister.
Political
analyst Bryce Edwards told TV ONE's Breakfast programme this morning
that Mr Key may struggle to recover from damages incurred by his
ponytail tugging.
"A
lot of people will be laughing at John Key, that's harder to recover
from," Mr Edwards said.
Today,
Ms Bailey has alleged she was duped by a journalist at the NZ Herald,
and comments and photos were used without her permission.
The
journalist, Rachel Glucina, tweeted this morning about the claims,
posting "this is utterly not true" and that she will "be
responding in due course".
Herald
Editor Shayne Currie has responded to ONE News about Ms Bailey's
accusations, saying "none of what is stated is accurate".
NZ Herald editor's Statement Re: Rachel Glucina IV With Amanda Bailey
Thursday,
23 April 2015, 12:01 pm
Press
Release: NZ Herald
Herald
statement
Shayne
Currie, Editor of NZ Herald has released a statement on how the story
was reported:
Rachel
Glucina approached the Hip Group yesterday, after The Daily Blog
broke the story. She knows the Hip Group owners personally.
Glucina
wanted to follow-up The Daily Blog post and urged the couple to
front-foot the issue.
She
spoke to the couple and the waitress over the telephone. Regardless
of any confusion over the initial approach, all three agreed they
wanted to make a public statement.
They
also agreed to pose for a photograph and a Herald photographer was
dispatched. They were told by the photographer that the photo would
be appearing in the Herald.
Herald
editor Shayne Currie also spoke to the owners of the Hip Group
yesterday afternoon following a call from a PR firm that had already
been helping them.
"When
I spoke to the owners, they told me they had initially thought Rachel
was working on a statement to go to all media, along with the
photograph.
"Given
the situation, I wanted to absolutely ensure they knew this interview
and photograph were for the Herald. To further ease any concerns, we
took the very rare step of agreeing Rachel should run the quotes past
the parties before publication.
"By
then, no one was in any doubt that the article, quotes and photograph
would be appearing in the Herald."
Herald
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