The behavioral inquiry interviewed 30 people from inside and outside of the newspaper in Washington and New York and was led by an internal attorney Charlotte Behrendt. He was also required to undergo unspecified “training designed to improve his workplace conduct,” according to a statement by Times Executive Editor Dean Baquet. The Times specified Thrush would be reassigned to a beat about the “social safety net in the age of Trump, particularly HUD and HHS.” It’s been noted Thrush was moved to a subject that greatly affects women and that covering the social safety net is considered a “punishment” or demotion from covering the White House. On December 20, 2017, the New York Times reported after an investigation that Thrush was permanently removed from covering the White House and would remain suspended until late January 2018. I am working hard to repair the damage I have done.” The Times issued a statement saying, “We support his decision to enter a substance-abuse program.” I have not taken a drink since June 15, 2017, have resumed counseling and will soon begin outpatient treatment for alcoholism. During that period, I have done things that I am ashamed of, actions that have brought great hurt to my family and friends. After the publication of the article, The New York Times suspended Thrush, who issued a statement that read in part: “Over the past several years, I have responded to a succession of personal and health crises by drinking heavily. In a statement published on his Facebook page, Thrush disputed gossiping about the woman. One woman alleged Thrush engaged in office gossip about her following an unwanted kiss. The incidents recounted in the Vox story about Thrush involve four women over a five-year period, and the women alleged Thrush groped and kissed them against their will. Weber used Instagram to “unequivocally” deny Boyce’s accusations.In November 2017, Vox published an article containing the accounts of four female journalists who said that Thrush engaged in inappropriate sexual behavior toward them. Boyce “suffered humiliation, emotional anguish and lost economic opportunities, including the end of his modeling career in New York,” the suit says. See Video: Ex-Model and Bruce Weber Accuser Jason Boyce: Some Days 'I Sit in My Car and Cry'īoyce filed a lawsuit in December 2017 against Weber, saying that the photographer pressured him to take off his clothes and touch his genitals. Weber’s work has appeared in Vanity Fair, American Vogue, Interview, Italian Vogue, French Vogue and GQ, as well as London’s Victoria and Albert Museum and the Museum of Modern Art in Paris. It said he would touch their genitals under the pretext of the exercise. The lawsuit said Weber used a “breathing exercise” to facilitate touching. She said the law has a 10-year statute of limitations, if other victims want to come forward.

“The new case was filed under the federal sex trafficking law, which has recently been interpreted to prohibit ‘casting couch’ behavior in which a powerful person sexually exploits a vulnerable job applicant for his own sexual gratification.” Weber will prevail against these false allegations not just with words, but with evidence in a court of law.”īloom said the five new plaintiffs all had “strikingly similar allegations against Mr. Weber with false, fictitious and legally frivolous claims,” Weintraub added. “This lawsuit is nothing more than a media-hungry lawyer’s attempt to extort Mr.

“Bruce Weber has never lured, recruited, or forced anyone to do anything and has never inappropriately touched a model,” Weintraub said.Īlso Read: Fashion Photographer Bruce Weber 'Unequivocally' Denies Sexual Harassment Accusations Jayne Weintraub, an attorney for Weber, called the accusations “outrageous.” Five male models filed a lawsuit Friday accusing photographer Bruce Weber of sex trafficking and molesting them under the promise of helping their careers.Īttorney Lisa Bloom, who filed a sexual harassment case against Weber a year ago on behalf of model Jason Boyce, is also representing the plaintiffs in the new lawsuit.

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