An Appeal Has Been Filed in Case Against News Nation Boss

Former ABC Good Morning America Producer Kristy Crawford has filed an appeal to her sexual harassment lawsuit against News Nation President Michael Corn.

Crawford claims to have been harassed by Corn when he was working at GMA.

In her lawsuit, Crawford noted that Corn was also alleged to have sexually assaulted fellow ABC employee, Jill McClain. 

Crawford is pushing back on the dismissal and the judge's decision to grant ABC and Corn's "motion to dismiss," and strike the paragraphs in the complaint relating to her colleague McClain's allegations against the producer. 

In her appeal, Crawford said the portion of the complaint alleging "that respondent Corn sexually assaulted at least one other ABC employee under eerily similar circumstances are directly relevant to appellant claims and have substantial probative value." 

While Jill McClain is not a party to Crawford's suit due to her allegations being too old to form the basis of a separate claim, they were included in support of Crawford’s case according to the lawsuit. 

McClain was working for ABC anchor Diane Sawyer at the time of her alleged assaults.

"Corn also assaulted McClain on two separate occasions—once on a redeye flight from Los Angeles to New York, and once in London—both times while traveling with McClain for ABC business." 

"Corn groped McClain’s vagina over her jeans on an airplane, pinned her down on a hotel bed, pulled down the top of her jumpsuit, and fondled her bare breasts." 

H/T The Sun