Channel Seven reporter Amy Taeuber ‘betrayed by women’

She was suspended from her work at Channel Seven in extraordinary circumstances, having her phone removed and being escorted from the building, after she made a sexual harassment complaint against an older male colleague.

And now, 27-year-old Amy Taeuber, has spoken about how alone she felt after her abrupt dismissal by Seven News last year.

Writing for Mamamia, the talented cadet journalist said she felt most ‘isolated and betrayed’ by other women.

27-year-old former Channel Seven journalist, Amy Taeuber (left with her sister, Kate), has spoken about how alone she felt after her abrupt dismissal by Seven News last year

When she found herself suddenly out of work,  the talented cadet journalist said she felt most 'isolated and betrayed' by other women (pictured)

When she found herself suddenly out of work,  the talented cadet journalist said she felt most 'isolated and betrayed' by other women (pictured)

When she found herself suddenly out of work,  the talented cadet journalist said she felt most ‘isolated and betrayed’ by other women (pictured left and right)

'In a time when I needed the sisterhood the most, I felt as if it had failed me,' Ms Taeuber (pictured reading the news) wrote

‘In a time when I needed the sisterhood the most, I felt as if it had failed me,’ Ms Taeuber (pictured reading the news) wrote

‘In a time when I needed the sisterhood the most, I felt as if it had failed me,’ she wrote.

‘What was worse was trying to grapple with the feeling that some female staff, who I considered close friends, had actually helped cement my fate,’ she added, candidly.

Amy Taeuber had been a Seven News cadet in Adelaide for a less than a year in March 2016 when she objected to a man allegedly asking, in the presence of other staff, if she was a lesbian.

The 27-year-old journalist’s identical triplet sister, Sophie, who worked casually at the network, was present in the newsroom when her male colleague is alleged to have remarked on her single status. 

27-year-old Amy Taeuber (pictured left) was suspended by Channel Seven, while one of her triplet sisters, Sophie (right) stopped getting casual work after she lodged a complaint

27-year-old Amy Taeuber (pictured left) was suspended by Channel Seven, while one of her triplet sisters, Sophie (right) stopped getting casual work after she lodged a complaint

After lodging a complaint, several weeks later, Ms Taeuber was dismissed by a human resources manager. 

She said she was denied a support person in the meeting in which she was suspended and was presented with a series of written allegations she’d never heard of before.

Ms Taeuber also claimed she was denied the right to know the full details of new allegations levelled against her by the Seven Network.

In order to protect her legal rights, Ms Taeuber placed her mobile phone on the table and pressed record.

A female human resources officer then told her she would be relieved of her duties and she was told to hand in her phone and security card, surprising the 27-year-old.

Ms Taeuber said her faith has been restored in the sisterhood after she has connected with the likes of Tracey Spicer (both pictured)

Ms Taeuber said her faith has been restored in the sisterhood after she has connected with the likes of Tracey Spicer (both pictured)

Amy Taeuber (right) was accused of bullying fellow Seven News cadet Peter Fegan (left), when her story featured on the ABC's 7.30 programme

Amy Taeuber (right) was accused of bullying fellow Seven News cadet Peter Fegan (left), when her story featured on the ABC’s 7.30 programme

Recently, Ms Taeuber’s story came to light on the ABC’s 7.30 programme, which played the recording of her dismissal, and said Seven had gone through her emails and alleged she had bullied fellow cadet Peter Fegan, who is based in Sydney.

However, a Seven Network spokesman Simon Francis has denied that allegation.

‘On the record we can say that there was an investigation into alleged breaches of Amy Taeuber’s employment contract,’ he said in a statement.

‘Amy was dismissed because of what she said during the investigation which conflicted with the facts and not for the reasons suggested.

‘Seven’s HR team did not try to build any case against her and their investigation was not related to any complaint made by Amy about other staff.’

Ms Taeuber concluded by saying it's important to choose the moral high ground, and trust and join the sisterhood (pictured with her sisters)

Ms Taeuber concluded by saying it’s important to choose the moral high ground, and trust and join the sisterhood (pictured with her sisters)

Towards the end of her piece for Mamamia, Ms Taeuber said that ‘just when I thought the sisterhood was dead, my faith was restored by the amazing women I met along my journey’.

These women included the journalist, Tracey Spicer, as well as Amber Harrison and her ‘beautiful triplet sister, Sophie, who I was thrilled to call a colleague at Seven’.

Ms Taeuber concluded by saying it’s important to choose the moral high ground, and trust and join the sisterhood.

‘There is no reason for women to endure what I had to from other members of the female media, who need to join the sisterhood ASAP,’ she wrote. 

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