New York shock jock Wendy Williams usually is on the radio talking about everyone's business and now her shit is all out there. Wendy's talent booker, Nicole Spence, has filed a sexual harrasment complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on Wendy's manager and husband.
She even claims that Wendy gets beat by her husband. Wendy has called Nicole a flat out lying bitch. But Nicole has proof. Dang the drama! Read the article below and the video of Wendy Williams talking about women in abusive realtionships:
written by Brandi Hopper
Tuesday - March 25, 2008
On the heels of the sexual harassment complaint filed by talent booker Nicole Spence against the husband of her boss, radio personality Wendy Williams, SOHH spoke with Spence's lawyer to find out more details about the scandal.
As SOHH previously reported, Wendy Williams' talent booker at WBLS 107.5 FM filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission yesterday (March 24) alleging that Williams' husband and manager, 33-year-old Kevin Hunter, tried to demand sex from her on repeated occasions.
According to the complaint, the self-professed "Queen of All Media" "aided and abetted" her husband's sexual harassment, even offering to take Spence shopping so that she could dress like a "sexy little b*tch," as Hunter demanded.
Williams has publicly refuted these claims, calling Spence a liar.
"Her allegations are totally false," the shock jock told the New York Post. "This b*tch is out of her mind."
SOHH spoke to Spence's attorney, Kate Webber, today, who along with lawyer Kenneth Thompson - known for defending former Source magazine editor-in-chief Kim Osorio in her sexual harassment suit against Source founder David Mays and Raymond "Benzino" Scott - will be representing the talent booker. Webber said she's unmoved by Williams' denial.
"Interestingly, we hear no detail from Mrs. Williams where in contrast, Nicole Spence lays out clearly exactly what's been going on there and how utterly offensive it is," Webber said.
Spence spares no detail in her six page complaint, listing instances of sexual harassment in which Hunter allegedly told her on several occasions that he wanted to "f*ck" her and berated her, calling her a "stupid f*cking b*tch."
Spence also claimed Hunter was also abusive to Williams, choking her and beating her in and near WBLS' New York City offices.
While Williams has dismissed all of these claims, Webber said she is confident that Spence will prevail.
"We have clear evidence and other witnesses at the company who will back it up, that Mr. Hunter engaged in blatant and open sexual harassment," Webber told SOHH. "He did this in the office, in front of other people. The company was aware of this, the head of Human Resources was aware [and] all of this supports her claims strongly."
In Spence's complaint she says one HR employee in particular actually warned her about Hunter.
"Catrice Allen of Human Resources admitted that she personally heard Mr. Hunter sexually proposition me in the workplace and warned me to watch out for Mr. Hunter," the complaint reads.
Aside from this alleged admission, Spence said she made several verbal complaints and written complaints to the company but little was done.
Although at this stage, Spence has only filed a complaint with the EEOC, Webber alluded to a lawsuit in the future and proven knowledge of harassment could mean punitive damages for Spence if she wins the case.
"This conduct went on for some time, the employer was aware of it and did nothing," Webber said. "So in situations like that punitive damages could be significant."
The lawyer also claims her client, who is still employed at WBLS, is currently suffering retaliation on the job. Her desk has allegedly been moved away from the rest of the staff and her talent booking duties have been stripped from her.
"In any lawsuit what you first want to do is address the conduct and get the retaliation to stop" Webber said.
Webber said she expects other people in the office to step up and stand behind Spence in her claims and she wouldn't be surprised if some even filed their own suits.
The attorney wouldn't say exactly how much the suit would seek, but Webber did say a case like this could glean millions.
"The main point of this is to take a stand against the treatment of women in the workplace," she said.
Reps for Wendy Williams were not available at press time.
Stay tuned to SOHH as the story develops
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