At the height of Sex Predatorgate 2017, Minnesota Public Radio fired Garrison Keillor, one of the major stars of public broadcasting here in America. MPR made it sound like they had a few complaints about Keillor, but he came out and said that it was a whole lotta nothing, that there was only really one questionable incident, where he accidentally touched a female coworker’s bare back and apologized. Would it shock you to learn that Garrison Keillor is a liar, and that he lied about why he was fired?
Minnesota Public Radio just sent a doozy of a letter to its members on the Garrison Keillor allegations pic.twitter.com/fgxIzfTliR
— janu-erin (@morninggloria) January 23, 2018
Yeesh pic.twitter.com/cjGGiC7VXZ
— janu-erin (@morninggloria) January 23, 2018
A 12-page letter detailing dozens of sexually inappropriate touches and incidents over the course of years. Keillor knew exactly why he was being investigated too, and he chose to gaslight his victim publicly and lie about it. In addition to that, MPR detailed how Keillor had at least two romantic (consensual) relationships with coworkers and he paid off at least one of the women with a $16,000 check. He was also sued for age and sex discrimination by a woman who claimed she was fired and replaced with a younger woman, and that when she was working with Keillor, there was a “pattern and practice of abusive conduct.” And she was paid less than her male colleagues. You can read the entire MPR statement here.
I’m glad I didn’t give Keillor the benefit of the doubt – his original story made no sense, and he seemed like one of those creepy older dudes who – much like George HW Bush – thinks his age gives him free license to act like a f–king pervert.
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