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Top Republican in Capitol says accusations against GOP Sen. Tate didnt amount to sexual harassment
Top Republican in Colorado Capitol says accusations against GOP Sen. Jack Tate didn’t amount to sexual harassmentAllegations leveled against GOP state Sen. Jack Tate last year do not amount to sexual harassment, the Colorado legislature’s top Republican said in a letter that also clears Tate of any employment-law violations.
Tate, of Centennial, was accused by a former legislative intern in November of leering at her and making comments about what she was wearing during last year’s legislative session, when she was 18.
An outside investigation, by the Denver-based Employers Council, found that her allegations were based on incidents that more likely happened than not. (The woman has remained anonymous.)
But Senate President Kevin Grantham, R-Cañon City, said in a letter released Thursday that the allegations did not rise to sexual harassment.
Read more: https://www.denverpost.com/2018/03/29/jack-tate-sexual-harassment-letter/