So Rudy is being sued by a former employee for sexual harassment in the extreme. You can read many of the gory details here. Among them:
[The] 70-page suit cites audio recordings and accuses Giuliani, 78, in graphic detail of subjecting her to sexual assault and harassment throughout her employment, forcing her to engage in “violent sex” and attend work video conferences naked and work in short shorts he bought printed with an American flag.
“He often demanded oral sex while he took phone calls on speaker phone from high-profile friends and clients, including then-President Trump. Giuliani told Ms. Dunphy that he enjoyed engaging in this conduct while on the telephone because it made him ‘feel like Bill Clinton,’” reads Dunphy’s suit.
You have to wonder why anyone would continue to work under such conditions. I don’t doubt that the allegations are true, but if I were Rudy’s lawyer I think the defense I’d try (after, apparently (since in this hypothetical I am indeed his lawyer), trying in vain to avoid the job), though I wouldn’t have much confidence in it, would be that it couldn’t have happened because no reasonable person would continue to work under those conditions. What other defense could there possibly be. Lest I be accused of sexism, I must add that my wife had the same initial reaction. Why didn’t she quit? I guess we’ll find out when the case goes to trial.
Despite my incredulity that anyone would continue to work under those conditions, I hope she wins and she probably will.
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