Bloomberg says 3 women can be released from NDAs
ALEXANDRA JAFFE AND KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mike Bloomberg said Friday he'd free three women from confidentiality agreements that bar them from speaking publicly about sexual harassment or discrimination suits filed against him over the last three decades.
The billionaire former mayor of New York also said his company, Bloomberg LP, will no longer use such agreements "to resolve claims of sexual harassment or misconduct going forward."
His remarks come after days of intense scrutiny over the treatment of women at the company he's led for three decades and amid pressure from Democratic presidential rival Elizabeth Warren to allow the women to share their claims publicly. Warren hammered Bloomberg over the issue in the recent debate, his first time facing h