{"id":11196,"date":"2018-08-02T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-02T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/bombshell-sexual-harassment-allegations-made-against-labor-mp-2\/"},"modified":"2018-08-02T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-02T00:00:00","slug":"bombshell-sexual-harassment-allegations-made-against-labor-mp-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/bombshell-sexual-harassment-allegations-made-against-labor-mp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Bombshell Sexual Harassment Allegations Made Against Labor MP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>UPDATE, 12.41pm<\/strong> &#8212; Emma Husar &#8220;100 per cent&#8221; denies allegations.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This smear is completely and utterly untrue, unfair and hurtful beyond belief. 100 per cent false. <br> <br>These are absolute lies that have been fabricated by Jeremy Anderson, who\u2019s working with his father to leak against me and ruin my reputation.<\/p>&mdash; Emma Husar MP (@emmahusarmp) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emmahusarmp\/status\/1024818862636716032?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n&#13;\n<h3>NSW Labor MP Emma Husar has been accused of exposing herself to a Labor party colleague multiple times, according to a list of allegations made by staff about the MP, reports buzzfeed.com.<\/h3>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>According to Alice Workman:<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<p>\u201cOne staff member alleged that on June 19, 2017, at approximately 7:05pm, while in Labor frontbencher Jason Clare\u2019s office, Husar performed the revealing leg-crossing move made famous by Sharon Stone in the film&nbsp;<em>Basic Instinct<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Ms Workman then quotes from a letter reportedly sent from lawyer John Joseph Whelan to Ms Husar:<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote>&#13;\n\t<p><strong>\u201cIt is alleged that you and [redacted] attended Mr Jason Clare\u2019s office at Parliament. Mr Clare was sitting on the floor playing with his son. [Redacted] alleged that he was sitting opposite you and that on three occasions you spread your legs, revealing that you were not wearing any underwear. [Redacted] felt that your conduct was deliberate, proactive and targeted towards Mr Clare.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>&#13;\n<\/blockquote>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>However Jason Clare has told Chris Uhlmann the \u201cBasic Instinct\u201d moment in a meeting with Emma Husar is \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CUhlmann\/status\/1024816754961178627\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">categorically untrue<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<p>Other allegations presented to Ms Husar in the letter reportedly also include misuse of funds and entitlements, misuse of staff, workplace bullying, intimidation, verbal abuse, spreading false rumours, sexualised behaviour, and sexual harassment.<\/p>&#13;\n&#13;\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Labor MP Emma Husar accused of sexual harassment and diverting thousands of dollars into her personal bank account (via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeedOzPol?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@BuzzFeedOzPol<\/a>)<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eyr7HSIx2C\">https:\/\/t.co\/eyr7HSIx2C<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FDIQyIWms5\">pic.twitter.com\/FDIQyIWms5<\/a><\/p>&mdash; BuzzFeed Australia (@BuzzFeedOz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeedOz\/status\/1024810007349604352?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 2, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE, 12.41pm &#8212; Emma Husar &#8220;100 per cent&#8221; denies allegations. This smear is completely and utterly untrue, unfair and hurtful beyond belief. 100 per cent false. These are absolute lies that have been fabricated by Jeremy Anderson, who\u2019s working with his father to leak against me and ruin my reputation.&mdash; Emma Husar MP (@emmahusarmp) August [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":4917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-11196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.2.1 (Yoast SEO v20.2.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Bombshell Sexual Harassment Allegations Made Against Labor MP - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/news\/bombshell-sexual-harassment-allegations-made-against-labor-mp-2\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bombshell Sexual Harassment Allegations Made Against Labor MP\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UPDATE, 12.41pm &#8212; Emma Husar &#8220;100 per cent&#8221; denies allegations. 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