National Enquirer Editor Accused Of Sexual Misconduct

It never ends.

American Media Inc.’s chief content officer, Dylan Howard, has been accused of sexual misconduct.

NEW YORK (AP) — The top editor for the National Enquirer, Us Weekly and other major gossip publications openly described his sexual partners in the newsroom, discussed female employees’ sex lives and forced women to watch or listen to pornographic material, former employees told The Associated Press.

The behavior by Dylan Howard, currently the chief content officer of American Media Inc., occurred while he was running the company’s Los Angeles office, according to men and women who worked there. Howard’s self-proclaimed nickname was “Dildo,” a phallus-shaped sex toy, the former employees said. His conduct led to an internal inquiry in 2012 by an outside consultant, and former employees said he stopped working out of the L.A. office after the inquiry.

But he was eventually rehired in a New York office.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former employees of top editor for the National Enquirer, Us Weekly and other major gossip publications say he openly described his sexual partners in the newsroom, discussed female employees’ sex lives and forced women to watch or listen to pornographic material.

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) December 5, 2017

MORE: 12 former employees told AP the behavior by Dylan Howard, currently the chief content officer of American Media Inc., occurred while he was running the company’s Los Angeles office. Howard’s alleged conduct led to an internal inquiry in 2012 by an outside consultant.

— Meg Kinnard (@MegKinnardAP) December 5, 2017

Howard told the AP that the claims are “baseless.” A lawyer was hired to look into them, but so far, they say it’s nothing serious. Apparently, Howard wanted to create a Facebook account for a chick’s vagina, but Howard said that never happened.

Uh….OK.

“It was determined that there was some what you would call as horsing around outside the office, going to bars and things that are not uncommon in the media business,” Stracher said, “but none of it rose to the level of harassment that would require termination.”

I’m so numb to this now. It’s actually quite sad.