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>> When you’re at work. You
expect to be safe. You expect
to be heard and you expect to
be treated fairly by their boss. And you should expect
boss. And you should expect
complaints to be taken
seriously, especially one of
all sexual harassment. But a
former employee at the Houston
airport system says that didn’t happen and he’s blowing the
happen and he’s blowing the
whistle tonight. KPRC 2
investigator. Mario
Diaz uncovers a cozy personal
relationship between the woman
accused of sexual harassment and the top boss at the Houston
and the top boss at the Houston
airport system.
>> That’s good news or the Were you involved in any way
Were you involved in any way
stir in a sexual harassment
complaint
involving someone who, you know
very, very well inside the
Houston airport system claims
of sexual harassment that went unanswered. Why top leaders
unanswered. Why top leaders
according to a former employee.
That former employee filed a
complaint and is now coming forward to KPRC.
forward to KPRC.
2 investigates accusing a
program director of making
unwanted advances in
the office from unsolicited
praise regarding his looks to unwelcome kisses to telling
unwelcome kisses to telling
him.
Goody smells that program.
Director who stands accused
is muddy sell
a cruise.
>> He was on eggshells. All all
of the time. He couldn’t really ask her to back off, although
ask her to back off, although
he did. But it had no effect
on her. Dallas attorney Steve
Carr, del represents the former employee. We’re not
former employee. We’re not
naming him since he claims to
be the victim of sexual
harassment. Cardell says in the
summer of
2020 crews. Men went even
further. The suggestion that
they go to Cancun and then she explained her fantasy as to
explained her fantasy as to
what was going to take place
once they got there, sexual.
Yes, Cardell says when the former employee showed Cruz
former employee showed Cruz
no interest. She began
spreading rumors allegations
that he was gay and that was
why. Dances were rebuffed.
In June of this year. Nearly a
year later, the former employee
says he had had enough and told
a supervisor days later, airport director more. The DEA
airport director more. The DEA
has scheduled a meeting
personnel discussion. The
invite included several high
ranking female executives at
the airport. Also invited and the
accused and the former employee
who made the claims he says
everyone was there except DS the
idea was.
>> Confrontation and maybe come
kind of meeting and settlement
to know the grievances would go
away at that point during the
meeting, the former employee
laid out the accusations. >> Making it clear crews men’s
>> Making it clear crews men’s
actions haunted him. The former
employee says he expected a
response. Nothing at
all happened. >> As a result the former
>> As a result the former
employee went a step further
in September filing a
misconduct complaint with the city’s office of the inspector
city’s office of the inspector
general days later the employee
sent this letter of resignation
to director Diaz and others
citing
in part the inexcusable conduct towards me by you and your
towards me by you and your
subordinate girlfriend whose
men India has. We are very
close. Yes.
How close. >> says crews mean is he has
>> says crews mean is he has
his girlfriend and the
relationship has been
a problem city records show the DEA has signed off on crews met
DEA has signed off on crews met
the landing the job at the
airport in 2000. 14 where she
helped launch the airport’s
music. >> Harmony in the air. We do it
>> Harmony in the air. We do it
all handle a sexual harassment
complaint involving the Celica
was meant in any way.
If you have any questions, you right now.
right now.
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We made several attempts to ask
for crews men’s side of the
story. She hasn’t responded as for director Diaz war right
as for director Diaz war right
here. We love to get your side
of the story.
So
we did. We emailed are questions instead of answering
questions instead of answering
Diaz. What did to the city’s
legal department.
Diaz reports to Mayor Sylvester Turner. So we emailed
Sylvester Turner. So we emailed
his office. A spokesperson
tells us there is an open
inspector general investigation
and directed us to the city’s
workplace discrimination and harassment policy. This
harassment policy. This
prohibits unwelcome a calling
sexual propositions and
retaliation. >> Experts we spoke with say
>> Experts we spoke with say
there are red flags and how
this case was handled
specifically the meeting,
including
the accuser and the former
employee. Those experts will say what now needs to happen in
say what now needs to happen in
this case
tomorrow in our early evening
newscast. Then at 10 o’clock,
we’ll examine Crew’s men’s role at the airport is
men’s role at the airport is
Christine more to come. I’m
Mario. What about the the
complaint involving retaliation
there. That was directed at D
as the airport director. The former employee says that
The former employee says that
he was due for a raise. But