LISTEN: AMY BRITTAIN of The Washington Post Discuses her Breaking News Article about Eight Women Accusing Charlie Rose of Sexual Harassment


Listen as Larry spoke with Amy Brittain, Reporter for The Washington Post’s investigative team, about the allegations against Charlie Rose.

Eight women say Charlie Rose sexually harassed them — with nudity, groping and lewd calls (The Washington Post)

Eight women have told The Washington Post that longtime television host Charlie Rose made unwanted sexual advances toward them, including lewd phone calls, walking around naked in their presence, or groping their breasts, buttocks or genital areas.

The women were employees or aspired to work for Rose at the “Charlie Rose” show from the late 1990s to as recently as 2011. They ranged in age from 21 to 37 at the time of the alleged encounters. Rose, 75, whose show airs on PBS and Bloomberg TV, also co-hosts “CBS This Morning” and is a contributing correspondent for “60 Minutes.”

There are striking commonalities in the accounts of the women, each of whom described their interactions with Rose in multiple interviews with The Post. For all of the women, reporters interviewed friends, colleagues or family members who said the women had confided in them about aspects of the incidents. Three of the eight spoke on the record. [Read More]


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