Last week Bloomberg released 3 women from NDAs, and since then, nothing?

[redqueen]

It's hard to believe they have nothing to say.

[left-of-center2012]

1. Their silence supports Mike

Guess they have nothing to say.

[redqueen]

2. Their silence cost money before. Wonder if they got another payday.

That seems to be his favorite move. Throwing money around.

[left-of-center2012]

5. uh huh

sure

more mud tossed at Mike?

[blm]

7. If he did it once what makes you certain he would not do it twice?

[BilltheCat]

27. oh for Godsakes

if the worst thing you can say he did is make some inappropriate comments a long time ago that puts him lightyears ahead of near any other politician.

[thesquanderer]

32. re: "if the worst thing you can say he did is make some inappropriate comments..."

That's what HE says is the extent of what the NDAs are concealing... but we only have his word for that.

re: "a long time ago"

I don't think we know the full time frame, either.

[brooklynite]

41. ...and if he did it without an NDA agreement they could speak up anyway...

...after pocketing the money.

[LanternWaste]

36. The self-righteous oppression you paint is so last season.

[rzemanfl]

18. Some people are inclined to wish to keep the amount of their settlement secret.

After a publicized windfall, a whole lot of "friends" tend to surface. Also scam artists and long ago "creditors." Family can be an issue too.

Ask lottery winners about that.

[BilltheCat]

28. true

[zackymilly]

37. Yep, I hate to say it, but I came into a lot of money, and my family doesn't know.

They have good jobs, but live way beyond their means with new cars, vacations, etc. and I don't want them begging me to help fund them.

[rzemanfl]

38. Lucky you. Smart move.

Now I have this can't lose business venture we need to talk about....

[zackymilly]

39. I'm currently giving most of my money to help stop cat juggling. n/t

[rzemanfl]

40. Bless you. Now that midget bowling seems to have died out that is

a noble cause.

[BilltheCat]

6. Agreed and a little perspective

don't quite understand the motives of those trying to smear him all the time. the worst you can say is a long time ago he made some verbal comments. meanwhile everything I heard is his company was a great place for women to have a career. not to mention we have a thing in the WH that has been second only to the mullahs of the ME in his treatment and policies toward women.

I don't understand the folks trying to tear Mike Bloomberg down. Seems very self-defeating.

[redqueen]

9. Welcome to DU

[BilltheCat]

29. Thank you

Thank you redqueen. there's certainly some very interesting discussion. some of it is unnerving to be honest.

[totodeinhere]

42. I would not necessarily jump to that conclusion.

There might be another legitimate reason for their silence. It might be on the advice of their attorneys.

[Mike 03]

3. Those incidents are so old maybe they forgot what happened.

[redqueen]

4. Clearly you haven't been sexually harassed. nt

[whathehell]

11. Exactly..Thank you, Redqueen.

[redqueen]

12. It makes me so angry.

So angry.

[whathehell]

19. Yes, me too..

One gets the decided sense that most males, even the supposedly "progressive" ones, don't care much about women's treatment or issues.

Too bad for THEM.we make up a majority of the Party!

[BilltheCat]

31. But I have been

I am a woman in a tech field and I have been in the field long enough to remember being the only women in meetings too.
I have been sexually hit on or worse by managers, peers who tried to get me fired after rejecting them and much more.
I can remember a VP at the first place I worked after graduating walking down the hall's joking with another effectively saying HAHAHHA Bob, I can't believe you worked for a WOMAN!!

That's why if the worst "dirt" on Mike Bloomberg is that he made some inappropriate comments 30 years ago I think it's ridiculous to harp on it. I would have been tickled pink if that's the worst I'd been exposed to. it was EVERYWHERE back then and any guy who says it wasn't is IMHO full of it.

To me the real issue is have they evolved. By all accounts MB's enterprise was a wonderful place for competent, career-minded woman to work and be promoted. I see no reason to pick him apart.

Just explaining my perspective. I appreciate yours as well.

[redqueen]

35. The person I responded to said maybe those women forgot.

Did you forget?

[whathehell]

8. Yeah..Those were likely the three LEAST offensive cases

Kind of obvious.

[redqueen]

10. Considering the stuff that's out there,

it's hard to imagine how bad what he paid to have hushed up must be.

[PoliticAverse]

13. Would you want to be subject to a media circus? n/t

[redqueen]

15. Good point. However I'd think at least 1 would be willing to speak up. nt

[mgcgulfcoast]

14. he released the ones he knew would say nothing?

[pnwmom]

16. There's nothing to stop him from suing them for defamation.

Releasing them from the NDA's doesn't take away the option of suing them based on anything they might now say.

[denem]

23. Ding, ding, ding!

See

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=588082

[backtoblue]

26. Good point nt

[Baclava]

17. Liz got him in her sights and she's not wavering, be afraid Mike, be very afraid. lol

[David__77]

20. I could totally understand someone not wanting to get into the news.

I also wondered if there was an implicit agreement that additional funds might be provided at some point in the future conditioned on silence. Of course, that is entirely conjecture.

[denem]

22. See below

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1287&pid=588082

[denem]

21. Bloomberg has NOT released 3 women from NDAs

Bloomberg has offered to release 3 women from NDAs. The women are required to contract Bloomberg LP, and ask. And without question, they will be required to sign something, at a minimum acknowledging they have been given a release. But wait, there's more. Are (all) the provisions of the NDA voided ab initio, from the date the sign Blooberg's release or voidable? On both sides, or unilaterally on Bloomberg's side? Does Bloomberg regain the right to pursue legal action the women? Do they? What is the status of monies paid under the NDA?

At the very least, the women would be taking advice.

Michael Bloomberg Will Release Some Women From NDAs If They Ask

Michael Bloomberg said Friday that he is now willing to release women from three non-disclosure agreements related to offensive comments they say he made -- after refusing to do so at Wednesday’s Democratic presidential debate.

“Bloomberg LP has identified 3 NDAs signed over the past 30+ years with women to address complaints about comments they said I had made. If any of them want to be released from their NDAs, they should contact the company and they’ll be given a release,” Bloomberg tweeted.

One of the NDAs concerns a woman named Sekiko Sekai Garrison, who filed a complaint in 1995 alleging that Bloomberg told her to “kill it” when she told him she was pregnant, the Associated Press reported and a senior campaign aide confirmed.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-21/bloomberg-says-he-will-release-women-from-ndas-if-they-ask

[David__77]

24. Thanks for making this distinction.

The offer is very different from a unilateral recision of the right to sue for speaking about events covered under the NDA. Very different!

[denem]

25. Under the circumstances, would you sign something

handed to you by Bloomberg LP without taking expert legal advice?

[David__77]

30. Well, speculatively speaking.

I would probably be wary of anything other than a very clear and unilateral recision of Bloomberg’s under the NDA. Certainly I’d think one wouldn’t be hasty unless extremely motivated and without concern for consequence.

[thesquanderer]

33. I've wondered if coming forward to release themselves from the NDA would also mean...

...forfeiting any money they had received.

[Kaleva]

34. Bloomberg can't unilaterally release anyone from an NDA unless the other parties agree.