BuzzFeed News, citing documents and interviews conducted with 19 current and former staffers, broke the news Monday that former CAP manager Benton Strong was accused by two women of sexual harassment before he left the organization to work at the Seattle mayor's office. According to one woman, Strong sent her text messages asking to perform oral sex on her, repeatedly suggesting they meet up at one of their apartments, and asking "whether white women or black women were better at giving blow jobs."
That woman, who asked to be referred to as Mary, initially remained silent, given Strong was set to leave CAP in a few weeks anyway. But upon hearing other women in the office were "increasingly uncomfortable" with his behavior, she filed a complaint with HR.
Mary was not the first woman to file a complaint about Strong. Another woman first reported Strong had "asked several women on the team if they had been flashed or masturbated in front of and then mocked a woman in a team meeting for saying she had cried when it happened to her," according to BuzzFeed.
Report: Center for American Progress Retaliated Against Employees Who Reported Harassment
That woman, who asked to be referred to as Mary, initially remained silent, given Strong was set to leave CAP in a few weeks anyway. But upon hearing other women in the office were "increasingly uncomfortable" with his behavior, she filed a complaint with HR.
Mary was not the first woman to file a complaint about Strong. Another woman first reported Strong had "asked several women on the team if they had been flashed or masturbated in front of and then mocked a woman in a team meeting for saying she had cried when it happened to her," according to BuzzFeed.
Report: Center for American Progress Retaliated Against Employees Who Reported Harassment
