>>> UNFORTUNATELY ALLEGATIONS OF
A TOXIC OR HOSTILE WORKPLACE
ENVIRONMENT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
"HOUSE OF CARD." REPORTS OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT
HAVE SPREAD TO REALITY TV.
THIS TIME, BEHIND THE SCENES OF
THE WILDLY POPULAR SHOW "THE
BACHELORETTE."
TAKE A LOOK. "THE BACHELORETTE" IS A HUGE HIT
ON ABC.
ON ABC. GOING STRONG FOR 13 SEASONS.
IT GREW OUT OF THE MORE POPULAR
SHOW, "THE BACHELOR."
>> YOU LOOK FANTASTIC.
>> Reporter: VIEWERS TUNE IN AS
ONE WOMAN GOES ON A STRING OF DATES WITH MULTIPLE MEN,NG OF
DATES WITH MULTIPLE MEN, NARROWING THEM DOWN EACH WEEK,
WITH THE GOAL OF FINDING THAT ONE TRUE LOVE.OF FINDING THAT
ONE TRUE LOVE. >> WILL YOU MARRY ME?
>> YES.
>> YES.
>> Reporter: OFTEN TIMES, THE SHOW HEADS INTO WHAT COULD BE
DESCRIBED AS SUGGESTIVE
TERRITORIES.
>> NOW, THAT IS A KISS. HIS BUTT.HAT IS A KISS.
HIS BUTT. HIS BUTT.
HIS BUTT. >> Reporter: THE FRANCHISE LED
TO A SCRIPTED SHOW ON LIFETIME,
CALLED "UNREAL," WHERE
CONTESTANTS COMPETE ON A
"BACHELOR" LIKE SERIES.
YOU GET CARBONNEAUSH BONUSES FOR
HAVE A GREAT SHOW.
>> TO HAVE CONDITIONS THAT MAKE
THINGS HAPPEN AND THEN THEY
HAPPEN.
HAPPEN.
>> Reporter: BUT SOMETIMES TRUTH
CAN BE STRANGER THAN FICTION.
AND ITS WHAT A PRODUCER SAYS
HAPPENED BEHIND THE SCENE OF THE REAL "BACHELORETTE" THATS LANDHE
REAL "BACHELORETTE" THATS LAND LANDED THEM IN THE SPOTLIGHT.
BECKY WAS HIRED AS A PRODUCTION
ASSISTANT AND WAS MOVED UP TO
PRODUCER, ON THE SHOW.
THATS WHEN THE SEX TALK WENT
FROM ON-CAMERA WITH THE CAST, TO
QUESTIONS ABOUT HER.
HER SEX LIFE AND HER GROOMING HABITS. LIFE AND HER GROOMING
HABITS.
WHEN COLLEAGUES INSIDED SHE WAS
UNCOMFORTABLE, THEY TAUNLTED EDT MORE.FORTABLE, THEY TAUNLTED EDT
MORE.
WHEN SHE COMPLAINED TO ONE OF
THE BOSSES, SHE WAS TOLD THAT
THE BEHAVIOR WAS THE WAY OF THE INDUSTRY.IOR WAS THE WAY OF THE
INDUSTRY.
ONE WEEK AFTER COMPLAINING, SHE
WAS FIRED.
ON MONDAY, SHE FILED A LAWSUIT AGAINST WARNER BROTHERS AND FIVE
OF THE SHOWS PRODUCERS, WITH
ALLEGATIONS INCLUDING SEXUAL
HARASSMENT AND RETALIATION.
WARNER BROTHERS, WHICH PRODUCES
THE SHOW, DENIES THE ALLEGATION
ALLEGATIONS.
ALLEGATIONS.
WE TAKE ALL ALLEGATIONS OF
WORKPLACE HARASSMENT SERIOUSLY. THESE ALLEGATIONS WERE BROUGHT.
THESE ALLEGATIONS WERE BROUGHT TO OUR ATTENTION AND WERE
THOROUGHLY INVESTIGATED EARLIER
THIS YEAR.
THIS YEAR. OUR FINDINGS DID NOT SUPPORT THE
PLAINTIFFS CHARACTERIZATION OF
THE EVENTS CLAIMED TO HAVE TAKEN
PLACE.
PLACE.
JOINING ME NOW, BECKY STEENHOOK,
ALONG WITH HER ATTORNEY. JUST DESCRIBE WHAT YOU FELT IT
WAS HARASSING OR HOSTILE.
>> WELL, HONESTLY, YOU KNOW, I
WAS GETTING ASKED A LOT OF
PERSONAL QUESTIONS THAT HAD NO
RELATE VANITY TO THE SHOW OR MY
JOB DESCRIPTION.
JOB DESCRIPTION.
I WAS BEING ASKED SUCH THINGS IF I HAD EVER HAD ANAL OR ORAL SEX.
HOW I SHAVED MYSELF.
IF I -- HOW I PREFERRED TO GIVE
AND RECEIVE HAND JOBS.
HOW I MASTURBATED.
>> WHO WAS DOING THE ASKING?
>> THE EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS.
AND ALSO, MY SUPERVISOR, WHO WAS
A CAST PRODUCER.
>> Reporter:
>> Reporter: >> IN A GROUP SETTING?
>> MOST OF THE TIME, IT WAS
MYSELF AND JO-JO.
>> THE BACHELORETTE.
>> CAITLIN.
>> CAITLIN. HER CAST PRODUCERS.
IT WAS A REALLY INT MALT INNER
CIRCLE.
CIRCLE.
YOU KNOW, THESE ARE CONVERSATIONS THAT WERE
HAPPENING DAILY.
HAPPENING DAILY. IT WAS JUST, WE NEVER EVEN
TALKED ABOUT OUR JOBS.
NO -- NOTHING REVOLVING AROUND
THE SHOW.
THE SHOW. AND IT WAS JUST SOMETHING THAT
MADE ME FEEL VERY UNCOMFORTABLE
AND VERY KIND OF VIOLATED.
AND IT WASNT SOMETHING THAT HAD
ANY RELEVANCY TO THE SHOW.
IT DIDNT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO
WITH HOW I WAS DOING MY JOB.
>> YOU KNOW "THE BACHELORETTE"
WAS A LITTLE SALACIOUS.
YOU KNEW THAT WOULD BE THE CASE
ON-CAMERA.
ON-CAMERA.
>> I WAS WORKING FOR THEM.
I KNEW THE SHOW.
I KNEW WHAT IT WAS ABOUT. AND I KNEW THEY PUSHEDUT.
AND I KNEW THEY PUSHED BOUNDARIES.
BOUNDARIES.
I DIDNT EXPECT THOSE KIND OF INTIMATE, EXPLICIT QUESTIONS AND
CONVERSATIONS.
CONVERSATIONS.
>> YOU.
A SMALL-TOWN GIRL, FROM IOWA.
>> YEP.
>> NOT USED TO ENGAGING IN THESE CONVERSATIONS. ENGAGING IN THESE
CONVERSATIONS.
>> NO.
YEAH.
>> I KNOW YOU SAID YOU HAVE A HIGH VOICE.OU SAID YOU HAVE A
HIGH VOICE.
IT FELT LIKE THEY WERENT TAKING YOU SERIOUSLY.HEY WERENT TAKING
YOU SERIOUSLY. >> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> FOR MANY REASONS.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> AND NOT TREATING YOU
RESPECTABLY IF THESE ALLEGATIONS
ARE TRUE.
ARE TRUE. WAS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU
DID?
DID?
WHAT WOULD THE COMPANY SAY? THEY HAVENT GIVEN US A SAY?
THEY HAVENT GIVEN US A STATEMENT OTHER THAN THE ONE I
READ.
READ.
DID THEY CLAIM YOU VIOLATED
POLICY AT THE COMPANY OR BROKE A COMPANY RULE? COMPANY OR BROKE A
COMPANY RULE?
>> NOT THAT I KNOW OF.
THE REASON WHEN I WAS LET GO THAT I WAS GIVEN, WAS BECAUSE MY
MORALS WERE GETTING IN THE WAY
WITH THE SHOW.
AND BECAUSE I WASNT BEING
ENOUGH OF A BITCH.
>> THEY WANTED YOU TO BE BITCHY.
>> YEAH.
>> YEAH. >> WHY?
>> WHY? >> I DONT KNOW.
WAS INTERESTING BECAUSE WHEN
I WAS ORIGINALLY HIRED FOR THIS
POSITION, THE EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS CAME TO ME BECAUSE
THEY THOUGHT I WOULD BE A GOOD
FIT.
FIT.
THEY TOLD ME THE REASON THEY
THOUGHT I WOULD BE A GOOD FIT,
WAS BECAUSE I WAS A GOOD PERSON. I WAS TRUTH WORESTWORTHY.PERSON.
I WAS TRUTH WORESTWORTHY. AND IN THE END, THATS WHY THEY
WERE FIRING ME.
>> I WANT TO ASK YOUR ATTORNEY,
WHO IS HERE, MICHAEL, THE
COMPANY IS DENYING THIS. THEY LOOKED AT THE CLAIM.
THERES NO THERE THERE.
THEYRE GOING TO GO INTO COURT I
PRESUME AND SAY THIS IS A
FIGMENT OF HER IMAGINATION.
THIS IS A RAUNCHY WORK
ENVIRONMENT.
ENVIRONMENT.
DID THEY GET A PASS BECAUSE "THE BACHELORETTE" IS A LITTLESE "THE
BACHELORETTE" IS A LITTLE RAUNCHY?
RAUNCHY?
>> THEY DONT GET A PASS BECAUSE THERES NO REASON TO QUEBEC CANE
THERES NO REASON TO QUEBEC CAN I ABOUT HER PERSONAL SEXUAL
LIFE.
LIFE.
THAT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE CREATIVE PROCESS, DESPITE WHATE
CREATIVE PROCESS, DESPITE WHAT "THE BACHELOR" IS CLAIMING.
THIS IS ABOUT PICKING ON THE
GIRL FROM IOWA, THE CONSERVATIVE
GIRL.
GIRL.
SHES THE BUTT OF THE JOKE.
ITS ENJOYABLE TO THEM.
THIS WONT BE IN A COURT OF LAW,
IF THEY HAVE THEIR WAY.
THEY WANT TO REMOVE THIS FROM A PUBLIC COURT OF LAW WHERE PEOPLE
WOULD FOLLOW THE PROCEEDINGS AND
DETERMINE FOR THEMSELVES WHETHER
OR NOT THIS OCCURRED.
AND THEY WANT TO MOVE THIS TO
ARBITRATION.
ARBITRATION.
>> SHE SIGNED AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT, RIGHT?ARBITRATION
AGREEMENT, RIGHT? THATS WHAT HAPPENS IN A LOT OF
THESE CASES.
THESE CASES. >> SURE.
>> SURE. BUT ITS A MANDATORY ARBITRATION
AGREEMENT.
AGREEMENT.
>> THATS THE CASE FOR ALL THESE
LINES.
SIGN ON THE DOTTED LINE. I UNDERSTAND YOUR POINT.
ITS NOT NECESSARILY, YOU DONT
WANT TO DO IT.
BUT ITS A CONDITION OF
EMPLOYMENT THAT YOU COULD WALK
AWAY FROM RIGHT AT THE BEGINNING
IF YOU WANTED TO.
>> MOST PEOPLE ARE NOT IN A
POSITION TO TURN AWAY A JOB OVER
AN ARBITRATION AGREEMENT.
MOST EMPLOYEES DONT THINK
THEYRE GOING TO DISPUTE WITH
THEIR EMPLOYER.
THEIR EMPLOYER. >> THE ASH STRAGSRBITRATIONS ARE
CONFIDENTIAL.
CONFIDENTIAL.
THATS WHY THEY WANT THE DISPUTE
TO BE RESOLVED. GRETCHEN CARLSON, THE REASON
THAT WHOLE THING WENT PUBLIC IS
BECAUSE SHE DIDNT LISTEN TO IT.
SHE FILED HER CASE PUBLICLY,
WHICH IS WHAT YOU HAVE DONE,
WHICH IS SCARY, I REALIZE.
AND YOU WILL DISPUTE THAT IN
COURT AND FIGURE OUT WHERE ITS