harassment

Repeated Drunken Demands for Three-Way Now an Arrestable Offense

Max Read · 10/01/11 09:46AM

Welcome to Barack Hussein Obama's America, folks, where you can be arrested for the so-called "crime" of calling a couple you sort of know and repeatedly demanding that they have a threesome with you. Whatever happened to the constitution, I ask you!

Woman's Mysterious Internet Stalker Turns Out to Be Her Awful Boyfriend

Max Read · 09/21/11 03:15AM

What if you were the victim of an online stalker? Someone who spent three years crafting a campaign against you, who somehow got his hands on nude photos of you and sent them to your family. How could that situation get any worse? What if it turned out your stalker was your boyfriend?

How Not to Shit-Talk Your Co-Workers

Seth Abramovitch · 08/22/11 11:55PM

There's an art to shit-talking your co-workers. If you are to indulge in it, there's a certain checklist of precautions you'll need to take:

We Want Your Kitchen Nightmare Stories

Hamilton Nolan · 07/12/11 08:58AM

If you want a job in America today, you'll probably end up working in a restaurant. (Yay!) One in ten Americans already work in restaurants or bars, and the WSJ says that since the recession hit, restaurant jobs have increased at more than twice the rate of other jobs.

Should New York Have 'Harassment-Free' Zones?

Adrian Chen · 10/28/10 06:44PM

"Cat-calling," "hollerin' at a girl," "being a huge douchebag": We're all familiar with the harassment women face on New York's sidewalk, at the hands of stereotypical 1940s construction workers and many other people. Should New York have "harassment-free" zones?

Judge Just as Dorky as Other Guys

Hamilton Nolan · 07/20/10 04:40PM

A "socially inept" Pennsylvania judge has been suspended from his job for calling repeatedly and "making uninvited visits" to the homes of five women. We'd expect that from a lawyer, cop, or other male professional. But not a judge. [AP]

'Sexual Predator' CEO Accused of Attacking His Assistant

Owen Thomas · 03/03/09 01:33AM

Greg Shenkman, CEO of a San Francisco software company, allegedly used work visas to import an Eastern European woman as a sexual plaything, according to a former assistant who is charging him with sexual battery.

Anti-Groping Ads Too Sexy For You Horndogs

Hamilton Nolan · 07/15/08 08:20AM

Just like giving out condoms makes kids have sex and giving out clean needles turns upright citizens into junkies, the government must protect us from public service ads more likely to destroy us than to save us. Concerned about all the horny bastards rubbing up against women on subways, New York City had an anti-groping ad campaign ready to be rolled out to the sicko public (that's you). But they had to scratch that. These ads would just set you perverts off even more!

Debian death threats? Come on, send us the emails

Paul Boutin · 07/03/08 06:40PM


"I was *shocked* to hear that one of our community has been the target of death threats as a thank you for her work," wrote Debian project leader Steve McIntyre, near the bottom of a long message about the results of a survey of Debian contributors. Now McIntyre tells The Register, "I have since discovered that several of our female developers and documenters were threatened. It was some kook in the U.S. who made quite a name from himself harassing women for supposedly destroying the free software movement." Valleywag would be happy to make the guy an even bigger name for himself. Got death threats? Send 'em in or just post in the comments.

Weather Channel Anchor Accused Of Being Leering Dirtbag

Hamilton Nolan · 05/06/08 04:24PM

Weather Channel anchor Bob Stokes is being accused by a former on-air colleague, Hillary Andrews, of being a sexually harassing, stalkerish jerk. For an extended period of time. Andrews says that Stokes harassed her predecessor out of a job, and then began harassing Andrews even harder, constantly hitting on her and asking her inappropriate questions; i.e., "Will you lick my swizzle stick?" Andrews is now suing Stokes, and two highlights from her court documents are below, describing some of Stokes' conduct. Also, a bonus clip: a colleague forgetting Stokes' name, on-air. Maybe she blocked him out of her mind.

Rachel Marsden Innocent!

Pareene · 01/04/08 12:13PM

Rachel Marsden, former "Red Eye" on-air eye-candy who was once allegedly "escorted" from Fox studios, and who has been accused of being a bit stalky, wrote into Gawker this morning to let us know that she's officially been exonerated of all wrongdoing ever. Or at least she won't be charged with harassing her Candian counterterrorism officer ex. The emails from the gentleman that she made public and those nudes allegedly of him she sent to the papers have finally proven her innocence! Canada's National Post helpfully adds: "Ms. Marsden, a former Republican Babe of the Week who has appeared on Fox News and CNN, has a history of criminal harassment, having pleaded guilty to stalking a Vancouver radio host in 2004. Her swim coach at Simon Fraser University also accused her of stalking him in the 1990s, but the allegation was never proven." [National Post]

Scores In Sex Suit Scandal

Pareene · 12/13/07 11:50AM

Working at Scores: it's not all giving candy to school children, recovering lost dogs and exchanging glimpses of your breasts for charitable canned goods donations. Sometimes you are asked to exchange sex for money. The Daily News, always your best source for the strip club stories that matter to you, reports today on a lawsuit brought against the famed Manhattan institution by former cocktail waitress Francis Vargas, who charges that Scores managers are terribly sleazy and have some workplace boundary issues.