Sitting down to tell ‘his side of the story’ on A Current Affair after being accused of being a “twisted abuser” guilty of sexual harassment and assault, Don Burke was returning to the Channel Nine stomping ground where he was once safe.
But as he stumbled through denial after denial, he faced a relentless Tracy Grimshaw, who, in simply doing her job as a seasoned journalist, demolished a man accused of bullying and sexual harassment.
In one moment, she stood up for every woman, every victim, who’d been left without a voice for so many years.
Burke, who despite denying all allegations of wrongdoing, admitted that he’d, “done things he wasn’t really proud of” and that some of his staff it might have had, “a view perhaps, that I wasn’t nice person.”
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Grimshaw didn’t hesitate to point out his blatant contradictions.
“It’s interesting you saying that… because you released a statement saying that you have no recollection of a lot of these allegations,” she fired back. “(You say) that didn’t happen, you are not that man. Are you now saying that you think maybe you did do them… that maybe you are that man?”
Burke answered: “No, I’m not that man at all.”
The disgraced TV star went on to describe the “robust” environment he created at work. It may have made some reporters uncomfortable.
Grimshaw didn’t flinch.
“I have worked in prime time for 30 years, and nobody has ever showed me a (video of a donkey having sex with a woman) or attempted to pull off my bra,” she replied.
Burke, appearing flustered, denied any such video existed.
But Grimshaw was not done. She had a personal anecdote to share.
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Suzie O'Neal deserves another medal for speaking about her Burke encounter as it will supply validity to those who were nobodies by the upstairs guys when they asked for help with the way Burke bullied and or sexually harassed them. Burke it seems to have convinced himself that there was no wrong doing which is atypical of mysognistic men.
Yes, I'm tired of women being accused of wanting fame or money... or Don accusing them of "having a grudge against him".
Suzie can't be accused of any of that - she just happened to let him into her home for a TV segment - and it helps gives credibility to the other women.
The only good thing about channel 9 is its female presenters. The shit they’ve no doubt put up with! They should all follow Lisa to other networks and leave nine for the morons and dinosaurs. . Keep the stories coming ladies!