An AFL official has been forced to step down after several allegations of sexual harassment from female staff – the latest in a string of scandals for the code.
The man has allegedly been continually making inappropriate sexual comments to women in the office, the Herald Sun reported.
One woman initially came forward to management to reveal the harassment, before several others added their names to the case.
A senior AFL official has been forced to step down after several allegations of sexual harassment from female staff
The man has allegedly been continually making inappropriate sexual comments to women in the office – the latest in a string of scandals for CEO Gillon McLaughlin (pictured) to deal with
The official stepped down last week after the women came forward.
It is not known how many women came forward and how long the alleged harassment took place.
Daily Mail Australia has contacted the AFL for comment.
The incident is the latest in a scandalous year for AFL CEO Gillon McLaughlin and the league.
In July, diversity manager Ali Fahour quit after footage emerged brutally punching an opponent during a club football match.
He pleaded guilty to recklessly causing injury and stepped down from his role with the AFL.
In July, diversity manager Ali Fahour quit after footage emerged brutally punching an opponent during a club football match
He pleaded guilty to recklessly causing injury and stepped down from his role with the AFL
High-ranking officials Simon Lethlean and Richard Simkiss were also forced to step down from their roles that same month after details of their affairs with junior female staff members emerged.
Lethlean was involved in an ‘inappropriate’ relationship with rugby union star Kurtley Beale’s partner Maddi Blomberg, and allegedly told her he would leave his wife for her.
McLaughlin immediately stood up for Lethlean and Simkiss following their resignations, saying he they were ‘high quality people’.
‘I feel confident they’ll get another chance.’
Kate Jenkins, a Carlton board member and Sex Discrimination Commissioner at the Australian Human Rights Commission, said in a speech on Tuesday there must be a ‘zero tolerance for sexual harassment.’
‘In my experience, it is rarely ‘one bad apple’ within a workplace causing these issues, it is a broader, systemic tolerance of sexual harassment.’