Journalist Tracey Spicer has ‘been sent audio tapes and email evidence’ after vowing to name and shame perpetrators of sexual harassment.
Ms Spicer said she will disclose details of 40 offenders in the Australian media industry in about a month, after more than 400 women came forward to report abuse and assault.
The mother-of-two has been putting together a team of police, victims and legal representatives to hold the culprits responsible, according to Nine Honey.
Journalist Tracey Spicer (pictured) claims to have been sent audio tapes, emails and other evidence after vowing to name and shame perpetrators of sexual harassment in Australia
Ms Spicer said among the victim’s accounts were ‘dozens of allegations of rape’, as well as claims workplaces had ignored their reports.
‘It’s not only the allegations that are horrific, it’s the cover-up,’ she said.
‘In about 50 per cent of the instances that have been brought to me, the victims have reported it to the workplace, have gone through the whole process, have gone to HR, gone to their managers, diarised it, sent emails, they have evidence,’ Ms Spicer said.
The veteran newsreader said she was compelled to bring the perpetrators to justice after visiting a police station while researching a separate story.
An officer had been talking about the accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein and mentioned her surprise a similar outcry had not happened in Australia.
Ms Spicer said the officer told her there was no statute of limitations for most cases and that victims from ’30 or 40 years ago’ could report such abuse.
Ms Spicer said she will disclose details of 40 offenders in the media industry in about a month, after more than 400 women came forward to report abuse and assault
The veteran newsreader said she was compelled to bring the perpetrators to justice after overhearing a police officer discussing accusations against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein (pictured) and asking why a similar outcry had not occurred in Australia
Since then she has compiled accounts from more than 400 victims, aged from their 20s to their 60s.
And while many involved adults, she said one offender had spent time at schools ‘making repugnant comments about girls aged seven, eight and nine’.
The 50-year-old recently described the women’s stories as ‘an absolute tsunami of sexual assault, intimidation and abuse,’ according to The Daily Telegraph.
While she said those accused of the ‘horrific’ claims were ‘household names’ well-known throughout the media industry, whether on television or as an executive.
‘Many of them are still offending to this day (and) there have been perpetrators in pretty much every one of the past four decades,’ Ms Spicer said.
Ms Spicer has since compiled accounts from more than 400 victims, aged from their 20s to their 60s and said one offender had even spent time at schools ‘making repugnant comments about girls aged seven, eight and nine’
Herself a victim of workplace harassment, Ms Spicer discussed her own experiences earlier this year in her book, Good Girl Stripped Bare and how she faced lewd comments
Herself a victim of workplace harassment, Ms Spicer discussed her own experiences earlier this year in her book, Good Girl Stripped Bare.
‘We’re talking about p***y-grabbing stuff in the workplace – and in front of witnesses. It’s just ridiculous,’ Ms Spicer told The Australian.
One of the men Ms Spicer wrote about in her novel was the late John Sorell, former Nine Network news director and Walkley Award-winning journalist.
Mr Sorell reportedly told Ms Spicer he wanted ‘two inches off your hair and two inches off your a***!’.
Earlier this year Ms Spicer also claimed ‘sickening’ sexual assault occurred while she was one of Australia’s most recognised television journalists.
The 50-year-old told Woman’s Weekly in April one of her bosses put his hand on her right buttock, asking her if she had ‘lost a bit of weight’.
‘I actually turned around to slap him, but realised it was one of my bosses. So I just lowered my arm. I said, “Yeah, after my mother died, I didn’t feel like eating”.’
The 50-year-old also told Woman’s Weekly in April one of her bosses had put his hand on her right buttock, asking her if she had ‘lost a bit of weight’