Hillary Andrews, Bob Stokes At Center Of Shocking Weather Channel Sexual Harassment Scandal

The Weather Channel is up for sale, with some estimates placing its value at $5 billion, but new developments reveal a shocking cloud hanging over the network that may jeopardize its sale: a salacious sexual harassment scandal featuring co-anchors Hillary Andrews and Bob Stokes.

According to The Smoking Gun, Andrews has alleged that Stokes was "'romantically obsessed' with her and frequently made crude remarks like, 'Will you lick my swizzle stick?'" — and she won an arbitration case three weeks ago, but The Weather Channel brass is trying to keep the details secret so it doesn't jeopardize the sale. What might they be wishing to hide? According to The Smoking Gun, an intense sexual harassment case, in which Andrews was forced to hide in the studio to avoid contact with Stokes and in which The Weather Channel shuffled her to the overnight shift when she complained:

According to Andrews's lawsuit against Stokes, the prior anchor was abused daily by him and "routinely hid in the women's dressing room in between shifts to avoid contact with him." The woman, Andrews alleged, was forced out of TWC after repeatedly complaining to management about Stokes's harassment. Andrews claims that "history quickly repeated itself" when Stokes began harassing her, though his behavior was "worse for [her] than for her predecessors because Stokes was sexually attracted to her and romantically obsessed with her." Stokes, she claimed, made crude sexual remarks to her, leered at her chest, and followed her into the women's dressing room. He also allegedly questioned her "over and over again, non-stop" about her sex life, and once noted, "It tortures me when you wear those heels and skirt." When she rebuffed his advances, Andrews charged, Stokes's "hostility and volatility became a constant" and he sought to "sabotage" her on-air performance and even resorted to insulting her during live shows. Though initially "loath to complain" about Stokes for fear of "career suicide," Andrews eventually reported his behavior to TWC officials and sought a reassignment with a new co-anchor. Instead, Andrews alleged, she was relegated to a series of undesirable assignments, including "the overnight shift--the same assignment [TWC] had given Ms. Andrews's predecessor after she complained about Stokes."

Read the entire shocking report at The Smoking Gun, or watch video of the alleged sexual harasser Bob Stokes below, with a colleague that forgets his name on-air (Gawker suggests she wanted to block him out of her mind):

For Hillary Andrews/Bob Stokes video, visit TMZ..

Comments

[democracy1st]

what a freakin waste of time

[tgh86]

Sick fuck.

[zigzag1]

Who the hell even watches The Weather Channel?

[3fingerbrown]

That's what I was thinking. To me, the news wasn't sexual harassment. That happens somewhere every day. The real story was that the Weather Channel is apparently worth 5 billion dollars. 5 BILLION?

[zendem1]

He should run for Congress. Get him a flag pin and he's good to go..Does O'reilly get a royalty everytime some obsessive, on-air, over-paid pervert makes inappropriate remarks to a co-worker?

[scottyboi84]

This is outrageous. I am a gay man and I have been in this woman's shoes. When you go and complain to management they move you or your shift and leave the offender right where they are. I worked in a nursing home, and a nurse came right out in front of family, co-workers, and residents and called me a "faggot." There was another nurse involved who was not quite so atrocious... The first nurse was fired, which I was glad for, but the second nurse was allowed to return to the same position she'd had already, and then she made it publicly known that after her suspension she was very angry with me. When I went back to administration to complain that she'd come up to me in a hallway and confronted me about the matter they offered to move me to a different shift. I found that solution to be unacceptable. I researched a little and the laws I was reading said that I was supposed to have been allowed to stay put and the offender was to have moved. Well, needless to say a few weeks later that same nurse was assigned to my floor during my shift. I walked out. And my unemployment was denied because I quit without notice. Why is this shit tolerated? The laws I read during my episode said that there is zero tolerance for sexual harassment, but from what I've seen it has to depend on who you are.

[Arguman]

You've been in her shoes? Hey, now, maybe you should be trying to keep more of a low profile on this issue, Bob.

[scottyboi84]

Why? Because of idiots like you who refuse to be educated and to keep up with the times. I am American and the great thing about that is that I don't have to keep anything quiet that I don't want to. I don't do anything illegal or immoral from my standpoint, so who are you to judge? Maybe you should keep a low profile on your stupidity, it's rather offensive.

[indyny]

In this day and age of "diversity training", how in the hell dose this guy get away with this kind of behavior? What corporate lawyer for The Weather Channel thought that this sexual harassment was acceptable and expose the company to a lawsuit, let alone terrible publicity?

[PrairieDog]

Do you really think we watch it for the dew points? Stephanie Abrams is hot!
Alexandra Steele is such a tease.
I need a cold shower.
Is anyone forecasting sleet? Please?

[ROBOT8]

HE SOOOO HORNYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!! HE SOOOOOOO UGLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! BOK CHOY!!!!!!!!!!! BOK CHOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! KUNG -FU

[laborgrunt]

Oh no thats so wrong.

[Ides]

He just can't stop staring can he?

[SOOKOOYAH GURL]

Did anyone hear the name of the area was "DICKERSON"? LMAO..

[zippywpinhead]

lol, is that a weather vane in your pocket or are you just glad to see me?

[InternationalObserver]

Based on this video I think Bob should file suit against Lisa. She's clearly teasing him with her references to "inches" and "blowing snow". Those TWC people are naughty!

[Bluedog12]

Is that a high pressure or is Stokes just glad to see you?

[HatingTheGame]

"he sought to "sabotage" her on-air performance and even resorted to insulting her during live shows."

I think it went something like this:
.

Jane Curtin: Dan, times change and so does the nature of relationships.... Dan, there's an old saying: "Behind every successful man there's a woman." A loving, giving, caring woman. But you wouldn't know about that, Dan, because there's no old saying about what's behind a miserable failure. [ gives a look of arrogance ]

Dan Aykroyd: Jane, you ignorant slut! Bagged-out, dried-up, slunken meat like you ....

.LIVE FROM NEW YORK, ITS ....!!

So it goes.

.
Btw if you're wondering about the importance of The Weather Channel and why its so valuable. Just think of it as CNN of the new Weather Warfare world. Google WEATHER WARFARE.

[sherylsworld]

How can someone get aroused to the point that their job and finances will be lost if exposed?

[zippywpinhead]

ask Spitzer...

[GerryS]

he's a dirt bag in a suit-