Staffers are angry, confused, and demanding answers inside ABC News after a lawsuit filed Wednesday alleged that former “Good Morning America” boss Michael Corn sexually assaulted two staffers.
The “GMA” producer who filed the suit against Corn and ABC, Kirstyn Crawford, said she was assaulted in 2015 during a trip to cover the Academy Awards.
For its part, ABC only put out a terse statement that said, “We are committed to upholding a safe and supportive work environment and have a process in place that thoroughly reviews and addresses complaints that are made.
Around 3pm ET, ABC News staffers got a curious email from newsgathering SVP Wendy Fisher, informing them that the afternoon editorial call with President Kim Godwin had been delayed until 3:10pm.
She said she wanted to be there for staffers and that she was addressing the issue Wednesday afternoon because she didn’t want to wait until the 9am call the following day.
She answered that she didn’t believe it to be a blanket statement, and that the company has certain feelings toward certain allegations.
According to sources who were on the call, Godwin was asked whether “GMA” would address the story on Thursday, but didn’t give a clear answer.
After he departed ABC News, Corn joined Nexstar’s fledgling “NewsNation” as the head of news.