PANEL TO INVESTIGATE
Hoax e-mails fly as Sascoc sex row continues
The female employee behind sexual harassment claims denies she sent an e-mail denying the incident
A panel is to investigate the sexual harassment claims against South African Sports Confederation and Olympic Committee (Sascoc) CEO Tubby Reddy by a female employee. But while the board was discussing the matter on Monday‚ the female employee said an e-mail sent from her Sascoc account withdrawing the charge against Reddy and claiming it was "an orchestration" by Sascoc president Gideon Sam, had not been sent by her. Several minutes later the employee sent out another e-mail, denying she had issued the earlier one‚ saying "someone has hacked my computer". She confirmed this when contacted by Business Day. The alleged hacker appeared to issue the e-mail to at least three different batches of recipients‚ but they all included what appeared to be her original letter of complaint dated April 21 detailing "inappropriate conduct" by Reddy as well as Sam’s May 3 response to her. Sam said after Monday’s meeting: "[The] board resolution is to protect both parties in the first instance. "An ...
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