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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment

NoName3

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#1
Posted: 1/23/18 at 11:23pm

What a shame. For years he's been the biggest star at the financially troubled circus He admits to coercing an aerialist to pose for pornographic pictures back in 2004. She recently contacted circus management, evidently inspired by @MeToo.

The #MeToo Movement Hits the Circus: ‘Grandma’ the Clown Resigns

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#2
Posted: 1/24/18 at 11:55am

A shame because he DID it or a shame because he got caught?

If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it? These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#3
Posted: 11/5/19 at 10:19am

Of course it was a shame because he did it, not because he got caught. I have deleted my comments on how rude you were implying I approved of his behavior.

Updated On: 11/5/19 at 10:19 AM

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#4
Posted: 11/5/19 at 10:52pm

dramamama611 said: "A shame because he DID it or a shame because he got caught?"

???

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#5
Posted: 11/6/19 at 7:31am

dramamama611 said: "A shame because he DID it or a shame because he got caught? "

Why do you always assume the worst of posters?

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#6
Posted: 11/6/19 at 8:55am

What a bizarre and disturbing thing to ask.

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#7
Posted: 11/6/19 at 3:17pm

1. This is from nearly a year ago...obviously the op didn't care all that much.

2. TO ME, his wording was odd....like it was a shame the biggest star lost his/her job.

IT STRUCK ME AS ODD. Shoot me.

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#8
Posted: 11/6/19 at 3:41pm

When is sexual harassment NOT a shame?

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Grandma the Clown Resigns from Big Apple Circus after Admitting Sexual Harassment#9
Posted: 11/6/19 at 8:58pm

I saw Big Apple Circus last year on x-mas day & he wasn't in the show by then.
Also, sounds like this year's show is almost all new acts, and a new ringmaster.

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