Melanie Morgan on sexual harassment
From Melanie Morgan: Al Franken harassed me after TV appearance · · Fox News
“I talked about the harassment live on my radio show in San Francisco after it happened, so I didn't stay silent about it. But people didn't seem to care about that sort of behavior until just recently.”
On , Melanie Morgan, Executive Vice President and Director of Corporate Communications & Marketing at TRUSTMARK CORP, spoke about sexual harassment during Melanie Morgan: Al Franken harassed me after TV appearance on Fox News.
About Melanie Morgan
In September 2018, Melanie Morgan, then a co-founder of Media Equalizer, appeared on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle" to discuss her experiences with then-Senator Al Franken. Morgan stated that in August 2000, after a joint appearance on the Bill Maher show, Franken followed her to the green room, became aggressive, and later obtained her phone number from a producer and called her at home. She said she found the behavior "creepy and disturbing" and threatened to call the police. Morgan said she had discussed the incident on her San Francisco radio show at the time but that people "didn't seem to care about that sort of behavior until just recently." During the same interview, Morgan criticized Franken's past writings, including a 1995 New York magazine article in which Franken described giving pills to journalist Lesley Stahl and then raping her while she was unconscious. Morgan characterized this as speaking to "the mindset of the man." She also questioned why Minnesota voters had elected Franken to the Senate, while acknowledging the election was fair, and argued that the media had given Franken "fluffy coverage" that shielded him from scrutiny.