More Details - Jerry Richardson Investigated For BOTH Racial and Sexual Misconduct.

[TheSpecialJuan]

Jerry will surely be removed from being the primary owner. 

[PantherCam213]

7 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

This is a bit awkward because I don't know where the laws fall on this. It doesn't feel like a criminal matter. It just makes him look like a bad person that we wouldn't want our Panthers associated with. 

I tend to think the Department of Labor would disagree with you.

Note:  I am not an employment attorney.

[Zaximus]

You guys remember this guy up there crying over the Hardy situation?   LOL, what a joke.   

[Mr. Scot]

5 minutes ago, frash.exe said:

knowing how stubborn he is, this process could be long, drawn out, and exhausting before he’s inevitably dethroned

The downside to that for him is that more embarrassing details could come out, and that not only affects him but his family.

So the question becomes is he enough of a narcissist that he'll risk hurting the team and his family just to deny allegations he knows are true.

No idea what's gonna happen.

[ClawOn]

I'll just say,  it's really not that hard to be a decent human being. Yet,  it eludes many. 

[NAS]

That statue is coming down soon.

[Mr. Scot]

Just now, NAS said:

That statue is coming down soon.

If the other owners were aware of this stuff, it was a horrible idea to begin with.

[KendrickPanther]

1 minute ago, TheRed said:

He's an established wealthy powerful businessman and the owner of the team with a plethora of resources at his fingertips and could make the life of any former employee a living hell if he wanted to. The fact that you can pivot from that and his actions to attempting to shift blame toward the people under him with limited options and certainly no millions in the bank is ludicrous.

My boss doesn't abuse me or ask me to do creepy things outside my job description. If he did I would find a new job. Most of the stadium staff makes average middle class money... its not like they couldn't change careers. This was a culture established for over 25 years and everyone that stuck around fell in line. 

Are you saying its okay to tolerate and accept workplace abuse if the money is right? Do you really think JR would take the time to follow their job movements? He didn't want to use email or cell phones....

The behavior described was not appropriate but I could see how a rich older man could assume everyone understood what he was doing was "harmless" especially if staffers smiled and acted okay with it. Even the ones that signed agreements, he could tell himself it was a misunderstanding.... they just took things the wrong way. 

In his mind, he clearly did not think what he was doing was wrong... Or he would have stopped. How many tried to talk to him about it? Maybe some did.

[frash.exe]

9 minutes ago, electro's horse said:

fug off foreeeeeeeeever with this victim blaming poo

it’s your fault for letting your boss molest you/sexually harass you/direct racial slurs toward you

 

america

[TheRed]

3 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

My boss doesn't abuse me or ask me to do creepy things outside my job description. If he did I would find a new job. Most of the stadium staff makes average middle class money... its not like they couldn't change careers. This was a culture established for over 25 years and everyone that stuck around fell in line. 

Are you saying its okay to tolerate and accept workplace abuse if the money is right? Do you really think JR would take the time to follow their job movements? He didn't want to use email or cell phones....

The behavior described was not appropriate but I could see how a rich older man could assume everyone understood what he was doing was "harmless" especially if staffers smiled and acted okay with it. Even the ones that signed agreements, he could tell himself it was a misunderstanding.... they just took things the wrong way. 

In his mind, he clearly did not think what he was doing was wrong... Or he would have stopped. How many tried to talk to him about it? Maybe some did.

Nobody is arguing complicity is acceptable. But you are taking this victim blaming angle to bizarre extremes.

Besides, comparing Jerry Richardson to your boss is laughable.

[Racist Cat Lady]

[PantherGuy]

37 minutes ago, Mr. Scot said:

Well to be fair, Weinstein is a legitimate rapist. No indication Richardson ever went farther than workplace harassment.

There is a comparison to be made though in that this has apparently been going on for a long time, a lot of people knew about it and victims were paid off to keep quiet.

In all three cases, the common thread is powerful men abusing their power.

True, JR hasn't been accused of all-out rape. Just strikes me as being a similar situation.

[Mr. Scot]

3 minutes ago, KendrickPanther said:

My boss doesn't abuse me or ask me to do creepy things outside my job description. If he did I would find a new job. Most of the stadium staff makes average middle class money... its not like they couldn't change careers. This was a culture established for over 25 years and everyone that stuck around fell in line. 

Are you saying its okay to tolerate and accept workplace abuse if the money is right? Do you really think JR would take the time to follow their job movements? He didn't want to use email or cell phones....

The behavior described was not appropriate but I could see how a rich older man could assume everyone understood what he was doing was "harmless" especially if staffers smiled and acted okay with it. Even the ones that signed agreements, he could tell himself it was a misunderstanding.... they just took things the wrong way. 

In his mind, he clearly did not think what he was doing was wrong... Or he would have stopped. How many tried to talk to him about it? Maybe some did.

There's got to be some accountability on his part though.

If you do something bad enough that it necessitates a legal agreement to protect you from the consequences, that's probably be a good time to say "maybe I should change".

You wind up needing a second agreement, then you really need to stop what you're doing and rethink your behavior.

We're talking about a guy who had to go this route at least four times. By that point, you're either talking about somebody being delusional or just plain sociopathic.

Yes, people that should have stopped him didn't. I don't know if that mitigates anything though.

[beastson]

It sounded very mentally draining working for him and stressful. 

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Richardson is referred to by all simply as Mister, no surname required. When Mister swings by and asks you to lunch, you accept the invitation even if you’ve already eaten. When he confuses your name, you don’t correct him. When the Panthers hold staff meetings, you know to arrive early—punctuality is a core Richardson virtue—and sit as close as possible to Mister’s position, a bar stool and high-top in the middle of the room. Even before you park your car in the lot, you feel Mister’s towering presence

First off I'm not calling no man Mister, you easily replace that I with an A and what you get. Mr. Richardson yes, but just Mister that's not going to work sir. I'll just not speak to you if it's that way. Everything else makes it sound sad to work there. If you work for a football team, I expect a more funner workplace. You work for an entertainment business when you really think about it and of course just like any other place there has to be some professionalism, but nobody wants to work for a dictator. 

It's amazing when you look at these corporations with these older top white men in charge that preach things to be this way and that way, they end up being the ones doing something they shouldn't and get caught up. Just back in October I left my company and a week later the VP of Security(physical security, cyber security all of it) gets fired. Not only did he get fired, they barred him from stepping on any properties. So that means he REALLY did something he shouldn't have been doing. It could really only be a few things, sexual harassment(which I think it was), stealing, or assault of some sort (which it definitely wasn't). This guy used to work for the FBI way back in the 80s, used to do counter-intelligence I believe. He brought a couple people over from the FBI with him. He set all security policies for this huge company and he went out that way. I'm honestly still shocked to this day, but when you really think about it's not all that shocking