ABC News Producer Accuses Former ‘Good Morning America’ Boss of Sexual Assault

Brian Steinberg Senior TV Editor“America Strong” has been a long-running segment on ABC’s “World News Tonight.” Now it has become an editorial initiative across the news division.ABC News expects to take the segment, which showcases Americans who confront and persevere against obstacles, often in small towns and less covered spaces, to more of its programming across September, with profiles of people helping one another against challenges brought on by the pandemic.“After a very difficult year

Van Scott is returning to ABC News as vice president of communications after a brief stint at Vice Media Group.

reports that ABC tried — and failed — to mediate with both Crawford and Jill McClain, another staffer who is supporting Crawford with her own allegation of assault against Corn. Corn, who departed ABC for Nexstar in April, denies inappropriate behavior with either woman.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorWhen she worked at CBS News as a senior executive, Kim Godwin was known to be eager to gain more control of a large news operation. Now that she’s arrived as president of ABC News, she has it — and a lot more.From the day she took the top role at the Walt Disney-backed news division, Godwin has been navigating tricky terrain.

The Walt Disney Co. held mediation talks with a current and former employee who alleged that a former top producer for Good Morning America sexually assaulted them.

report in the Wall Street Journal. Producer Kirstyn Crawford filed a suit last week accusing former “Good Morning America” boss Michael Corn of assault.

The promotion comes just days after Swink’s predecessor, former “GMA” senior executive producer Michael Corn, was accused of sexual assault by two ABC producers. Corn had left ABC in April to become president of news for NexStar’s NewsNation and has denied all allegations.

Simone Swink has been named executive producer of Good Morning America.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorABC News will turn to an insider to lead its flagship morning program.Simone Swink, a longtime senior staffer at the show, has been named its senior producer, according to a memo sent to employees by Kim Godwin, president of ABC News Sunday.Swink takes a role which has been left vacant for months.

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Kim Godwin, the new president of ABC News, said that she wants an independent investigation of how the network handled reports of sexual assault allegations against a former top producer for Good Morning America, according to a report.

George Stephanopoulos on “GMA,” says the show’s then-senior executive producer Michael Corn sexually assaulted her after a work party when he was drunk, according to her Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit from Wednesday.The alleged incident happened in February 2015 when Crawford was in Los Angeles with the team covering the Academy Awards.Crawford claims that another former employee, Jill McClain, was also sexually assaulted by Corn in 2010 and 2011 and that after the women exchanged stories early

After an ABC News staffer filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against the network and Michael Corn, accusing him of sexual assault, he is calling the claims “demonstrably false,” pointing to email exchanges he says counters her version of events.

departed the company this April, has been accused of sexual assault. In May, he was named president of news for NewsNation.Kirstyn Crawford, a producer for the show, filed a suit against Corn and ABC in New York Wednesday, alleging he sexually assaulted her in 2015 and created a toxic work environment.

Robin Roberts is taking a break from Good Morning America.

ABC News is taking over daytime syndicated talk show Tamron Hall. The move was announced internally by ABC News President Kim Godwin and related to the show’s crew Friday morning, sources tell Deadline.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorTamron Hall is changing bosses.The news and talk-show veteran, whose current program has been syndicated by Disney since its launch in the fall of 2019, will now be part of ABC News, according to a person familiar with te matter, adding another daytime talk program to the news division’s portfolio.

In a mini-publicity blitz amid dramatic news coverage and skeptical questions about the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, President Joe Biden’s White House turned to ABC News and George Stephanopoulos for his first exclusive media interview on the topic.