Lord Hain has told the House of Lords why he decided to use his parliamentary privilege to reveal Sir Philip Green’s identity.
He named the Topshop boss as the figure protected by a legal injunction who was accused of sexual harassment and racial abuse in parliament last year.
He said he named Sir Philip ‘for moral reasons and was not second-guessing or criticising the judiciary.
‘To explain why, I am revealing for the first time in public exactly what one of Sir Philip Green’s victims told me.’
Sir Philip previously ‘categorically and wholly’ denied the claims.
Lord Hain said one staff member was told an employment tribunal ‘would not get anywhere.’ She also allegedly felt pressured to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) alongside a settlement.
The staff member told him:
‘Some were worn down with spiralling legal costs costing them a fortune. He broke some in the end. It was horrible… He is still doing exactly the same thing. It is rife, it happened all the time. I saw him grab the breasts of others. This has gone on for long time’.
Lord Hain said there were hundreds of complaints against Sir Phillip Green.
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Lord Hain has told the House of Lords why he decided to use his parliamentary privilege to reveal Sir Philip Green’s identity.
He named the Topshop boss as the figure protected by a legal injunction who was accused of sexual harassment and racial abuse in parliament last year.
He said he named Sir Philip ‘for moral reasons and was not second-guessing or criticising the judiciary.
‘To explain why, I am revealing for the first time in public exactly what one of Sir Philip Green’s victims told me.’
Sir Philip previously ‘categorically and wholly’ denied the claims.
Lord Hain said one staff member was told an employment tribunal ‘would not get anywhere.’ She also allegedly felt pressured to sign a non-disclosure agreement (NDA) alongside a settlement.
The staff member told him:
‘Some were worn down with spiralling legal costs costing them a fortune. He broke some in the end. It was horrible… He is still doing exactly the same thing. It is rife, it happened all the time. I saw him grab the breasts of others. This has gone on for long time’.
Lord Hain said there were hundreds of complaints against Sir Phillip Green.
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