Charlie Rose is being accused of sexual harassment by an additional 27 women in a new Washington Post expose.
Of those women, 14 worked with Rose at CBS News while the other 13 were involved in the production of his longform talk show on PBS.
The women claims that Rose exposed himself to them, groped their buyttocks and breasts and in one case asked that a young woman ‘ride him’ in his hotel room.
A number of women also claim that they told executives at CBS about his behavior, including Chris Licht (the showrunner and executive producer of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert) and Ryan Kadro (the producer of CBS This Morning).
Rose responded to the new allegations by saying: ‘Your story is unfair and inaccurate.’
Back in the spotlight: Charlie Rose has been accused over sexually harassing an additional 27 women over a period of 30 years, both at CBS and on the set of his PBS talk show
Anger: Gayle King (above on Tuesday) got incredibly emotional and frustrated while speaking about the allegations
Sophie Gayter, now 27, said that she was groped by Rose back in 2013 while working on 60 Minutes.
‘I had been there long enough to know that it was just the way things went,’ said Gayter, who claims Rose grabbed her buttocks as they headed into a recording studio.
‘People said what they wanted to you, people did what they wanted to you.’
The new allegations were published in a story that went live just after Rose’s former show CBS This Morning had gone on the air Thursday.
Gayle King addressed the allegations shortly after 8am, and became very emotional in the process.
‘Anthony, I have a very bad case of deja vu, I have to say. I feel sick to my stomach,’ said King.
‘I don’t know what to say about this. When the story first broke, I said Charlie was my friend. I still consider him a friend. I know that’s probably not the politically correct thing to say this moment.’
She continued: ‘Butl don’t believe in abandoning people when they’re down. But that said this is very troubling and concerning and now I can’t discount what people are saying.’
King then expressed her frustration over the reports.
‘This is what I know. I don’t know what more we can do to Charlie Rose except a public flogging. He’s gone. He’s not coming back to CBS News, Norah O’donnell, John Dickerson and I are the new team. We are working very hard here,’ said King.
‘I know we bring a quality newscast surrounded by a quality team. All we can do is do the best possible job we can. You see these allegations, you hear the stories, and it just makes you sick all over the again. I don’t know what to do.’