Former digital editor files discrimination suit against New York Post

Michelle Gotthelf, who till final week was the New York Publish’s digital editor in chief, stated she had been harassed by Mr. Allan on quite a few events courting again to 2013, together with being propositioned for intercourse, in keeping with the lawsuit. It was filed on Tuesday within the U.S. District Courtroom for the Southern District of New York by Wigdor LLP.

Defendants named within the go well with embody Keith Poole, the New York Publish’s present editor in chief; Mr. Allan; the Publish’s holding firm, NYP Holdings Inc.; and Information Corp, the mother or father firm of the New York Publish and of The Wall Road Journal writer Dow Jones & Co.

Mr. Poole introduced Ms. Gotthelf’s departure, which he stated was efficient Jan. 15, in a memo to workers on Jan. 18. Requested concerning the allegations made in Ms. Gotthelf’s lawsuit, a Information Corp spokeswoman stated Tuesday: “Any suggestion of wrongdoing associated to the administration adjustments introduced at this time is meritless.”

Efforts to achieve Mr. Allan for remark have been unsuccessful.

Based on the lawsuit, Mr. Allan instructed Ms. Gotthelf, “We should always sleep collectively” throughout an off-site dinner assembly amongst editors within the fall of 2015. She stated she rejected Mr. Allan’s advances, however he continued to pursue her, in keeping with the go well with.

Ms. Gotthelf didn’t instantly report the incident to human assets however finally did so after Mr. Allan screamed at her whereas at work, in keeping with the go well with. She stated she disclosed “the bullying and harassment she skilled” to the then-head of HR, Melinda Goldman, and then-in-house counsel, Jordan Lippner. The go well with stated that she additionally complained to Jesse Angelo, the Publish’s then-publisher and chief govt and that he “promised that Ms. Gotthelf wouldn’t be retaliated towards and that her grievance could be stored confidential.”

Ms. Goldman and Mr. Lippner declined to remark. Mr. Angelo couldn’t be reached for remark.

Mr. Allan retired as editor in chief of the New York Publish in 2016, however he was introduced again as a senior adviser in 2019. He left that place in March of final yr.

Throughout a November 2021 assembly between Mr. Poole and Ms. Gotthelf to debate her contract—which was set to run out—Mr. Poole requested Ms. Gotthelf what had occurred between her and Mr. Allan, and she or he instructed him he had sexually propositioned her, in keeping with the lawsuit. Two months later, she was fired, the go well with stated.

An individual acquainted with the corporate stated Ms. Gotthelf’s contract expired on Jan. 15. Mr. Poole introduced Ms. Gotthelf’s departure on Tuesday in a workers memo, with out specifying the explanation. “I need to take this chance to thank her for all she has carried out throughout her 20-plus-year tenure,” Mr. Poole stated within the memo, which was reviewed by the Journal.

“For greater than twenty years, I took nice delight in my work shaping protection at probably the most extensively learn information organizations within the nation,” Ms. Gotthelf stated in a press release Tuesday. “Whereas I by no means supposed to turn into the information, the reality of what occurred to me deserves to be heard.”

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