Nanny’s Sexual Harassment Suit Badgers Rob Lowe
Posted on April 16, 2008
Filed Under Assault, Celebrities, Felonies, Fraud, Law, News, Sexual Harassment |
In a “he said, she said” nightmare, Rob Lowe’s nanny Jessica Gibson has filed a sexual harassment suit alleging that the actor repeatedly exposed himself and inappropriately touched both himself and her during the seven years she sporadically worked for the actor and his wife. Gibson further claims that Lowe’s wife Sheryl made vulgar comments and paraded around the house nude. The counter-suit comes after Lowe sued Gibson, another nanny and a chef for violating a confidentiality agreement and spreading what he called ”a vicious laundry list of false terribles,” slandering him and his wife. Daily volleys from both sides are keeping press reporters busy as accusations are met with counter-accusations and the war of words continues to escalate.
Sex cases are always serious legal matters and can be life-changing. Victims bear lifelong scars from sex crimes which inflict not only physical but mental and emotional anguish. Sometimes, though, accusations of sexual misconduct or assault are used as a weapon to assuage hurt and anger or to blackmail and slander, which is what Lowe alleges. Just the accusation of sexual harassment, indecent exposure, molestation, rape, pornography or lewd conduct can ruin an individual’s career and family life, particularly in Hollywood where image is everything. Often sex cases come down to a matter of “he said, she said” with few, if any, objective facts to bolster the accusations of either side.
In Los Angeles, the District Attorney’s Sex Crimes Unit aggressively pursues and prosecutes California sex crime offenders. Many sex crimes are charged as felonies and carry maximum sentences of eight years in prison for each individual act. A defendant charged with multiple sex acts could potentially face decades or even life in prison. In addition, individuals convicted of serious sex crimes must register as sex offenders for the rest of their lives. Even if not convicted, the mere accusation of a sex crime can haunt a person for the rest of his life.
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Laws must be changed. Same thing happened to me.
Some women are total liars. As soon as they don’t get their way they just scream harassment and then the focus is changed and they are automatically a victim no matter what they have said and done in the past.
Men are the victims!! Studies indcate that 50% of the cases of harassment were totally fabricated. It is outrageous that women can continue to make untrue, unfounded statements, ruin men’s lives, and suffer no consequenses. I had to spend almost 50K to defend mtself, and I didn’t do anything.
Men do not ever hire a woman, you may live to regret it, even if you do NOTHING!!