LONDON: UK publisher Guardian News & Media has apologised to women who said a veteran ex-columnist at The Observer newspaper had sexually assaulted or harassed them, US media reported. GNM chief executive Anna Bateson and Guardian editor-in-chief Katharine Viner have written to several women who accuse
LONDON: UK publisher Guardian News & Media has apologised to women who said a veteran ex-columnist at The Observer newspaper had sexually assaulted or harassed them, US media reported.
The media group confirmed to AFP that Bateson and Viner had apologised to the women, and had also pledged to improve procedures regarding sexual misconduct allegations."We ... can confirm our editor-in-chief and CEO have written to all those who have spoken out publicly on this matter or been in touch with GNM," a spokesman said.
The New York Times reported that Siegle said Cohen had grabbed her bottom many years earlier when she had a junior role - and accused the UK group of failing to act.
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