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Amid the flood of public tributes on Twitter to the retired Los Angeles Lakers star who died in a helicopter crash on Sunday at age 41, Ms. Sonmez posted a link to a 2016 Daily Beast article that detailed allegations made against him in 2003.
Mr. Bryant was arrested after a complaint by a hotel employee in Colorado. A charge of felony sexual assault was later dropped and Mr. Bryant settled with his accuser out of court, saying in an apology that he believed the encounter with the woman was “consensual.”
The terms of the settlement between the N.B.A. star and his accuser were undisclosed. “Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,” Mr. Bryant said in a statement at the time. “After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
Ms. Sonmez’s tweet on Sunday, which stood out in the general outpouring of appreciation for Mr. Bryant that made him a trending topic on social media into the next day, drew a swift backlash. She followed up with a post about the negative responses she had received.
“Well, THAT was eye-opening,” she wrote. “To the 10,000 people (literally) who have commented and emailed me with abuse and death threats, please take a moment and read the story — which was written (more than three) years ago, and not by me.”
Her tweets on the matter have been deleted, but not before they were captured in screen shots by other journalists.
The Post confirmed the suspension on Monday, but didn’t say which of the tweets in particular had prompted it to take action.
“National political reporter Felicia Sonmez was placed on administrative leave while The Post reviews whether tweets about the death of Kobe Bryant violated The Post newsroom’s social media policy,” Tracy Grant, the managing editor of The Washington Post, said in a statement. “The tweets displayed poor judgment that undermined the work of her colleagues.”
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Suspended isn't fired, of course, but the person in question tried to get Caitlin Flanagan fired from the Atlantic, for supporting Jonathan Kaiman, whom she #meetoo-ed earlier together with another woman.
Mr. Bryant was arrested after a complaint by a hotel employee in Colorado. A charge of felony sexual assault was later dropped and Mr. Bryant settled with his accuser out of court, saying in an apology that he believed the encounter with the woman was “consensual.”
The terms of the settlement between the N.B.A. star and his accuser were undisclosed. “Although I truly believe this encounter between us was consensual, I recognize now that she did not and does not view this incident the same way I did,” Mr. Bryant said in a statement at the time. “After months of reviewing discovery, listening to her attorney, and even her testimony in person, I now understand how she feels that she did not consent to this encounter.”
Ms. Sonmez’s tweet on Sunday, which stood out in the general outpouring of appreciation for Mr. Bryant that made him a trending topic on social media into the next day, drew a swift backlash. She followed up with a post about the negative responses she had received.
“Well, THAT was eye-opening,” she wrote. “To the 10,000 people (literally) who have commented and emailed me with abuse and death threats, please take a moment and read the story — which was written (more than three) years ago, and not by me.”
Her tweets on the matter have been deleted, but not before they were captured in screen shots by other journalists.
The Post confirmed the suspension on Monday, but didn’t say which of the tweets in particular had prompted it to take action.
“National political reporter Felicia Sonmez was placed on administrative leave while The Post reviews whether tweets about the death of Kobe Bryant violated The Post newsroom’s social media policy,” Tracy Grant, the managing editor of The Washington Post, said in a statement. “The tweets displayed poor judgment that undermined the work of her colleagues.”
NYT
Suspended isn't fired, of course, but the person in question tried to get Caitlin Flanagan fired from the Atlantic, for supporting Jonathan Kaiman, whom she #meetoo-ed earlier together with another woman.
