Ex-NBC and CNN Exec Michael Bass Accused of 1996 Sexual Assault by Former Intern
thewrap.comThe Daily Beast, during this time Rajaraman “observed a freewheeling, unchecked culture in which married, older and more senior NBC employees regularly targeted far younger women… for sexual harassment.”The assault, the suit says, occurred when Bass was a coordinating producer for NBC, handling late-night coverage of the games.
He was also a producer on NBC’s “Today Show.” Rajaraman worked for Bass and, along with other staff, accompanied him to Atlanta for the Olympics.
The suit states NBC housed the interns in dormitories at a Decatur, Georgia university several miles east of Atlanta, and required them to take public transit at odd hours to get to work.
Rajaraman says that the assault occurred on July 28, 1996, the day after the games were bombed by domestic terrorist Eric Rudolph.
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