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When was Neil deGrasse Tyson accused of sexual misconduct?

When was Neil deGrasse Tyson accused of sexual misconduct?

Now a fourth woman has told BuzzFeed News her experience of sexual harassment from Tyson. In January 2010, she recalled, she joined her then-boyfriend at a holiday party for employees of the American Museum of Natural History.

What kind of misconduct can be grounds for dismissal?

Serious misconduct includes theft, fraud, assault, intoxication at work and the refusal to carry out lawful and reasonable instructions consistent with the employment contract. [14] Where serious misconduct is alleged the test for a valid reason for dismissal does not change.

Who is Neil deGrasse Tyson’s driver on Cosmos?

Tchiya Amet in Covelo, California. Ashley Watson was ecstatic, earlier this year, when she got the job to be Neil deGrasse Tyson’s driver. She wanted to be a Hollywood producer, and thought this gig with his hit TV show, Cosmos — even if she was just shuttling him to and from the set — could help her make useful industry connections.

What did Neil deGrasse Tyson say about Amet?

Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2015. He also responded to Amet’s rape allegations, his only public acknowledgment of the claims in the four years since Amet first blogged about them. He said they had been friends in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, and had been “intimate” on a few occasions. But he denied raping her.

Now a fourth woman has told BuzzFeed News her experience of sexual harassment from Tyson. In January 2010, she recalled, she joined her then-boyfriend at a holiday party for employees of the American Museum of Natural History.

Tchiya Amet in Covelo, California. Ashley Watson was ecstatic, earlier this year, when she got the job to be Neil deGrasse Tyson’s driver. She wanted to be a Hollywood producer, and thought this gig with his hit TV show, Cosmos — even if she was just shuttling him to and from the set — could help her make useful industry connections.

Neil deGrasse Tyson in 2015. He also responded to Amet’s rape allegations, his only public acknowledgment of the claims in the four years since Amet first blogged about them. He said they had been friends in graduate school at the University of Texas at Austin, and had been “intimate” on a few occasions. But he denied raping her.

When did Neil deGrasse Tyson return to the air?

Tyson responded to the allegations in a December Facebook post in which denied all of the allegations. Fox Broadcasting and National Geographic cleared Tyson to return to the air on his television series “StarTalk” and “Cosmos” in March after investigating the same allegations.