Update 2: Added more links to the Leo Laporte sexual harassment bulleted list. Let us know in the comments if you find more in our archives.
Update 1: Leo Laporte sexually harassed Stacey Higginbotham in person, just like he planned.
Look out Stacey Higginbotham!
Leo Laporte really wants to be relevant. He’ll do anything. He’s even making on-camera references to the #metoo campaign highlighting sexual abuse and harassment of women.
While Robert Scoble fights off allegations of sexual misconduct, Leo Laporte jokes about it.
Sarah Lane posted a piece on Medium about the sexual harassment she’s had to endure in the workplace. She didn’t mention the Dark Triangle incident or any others at TWiT by name, but the references are clear.
Luria Petrucci (Cali Lewis) is not surprised, given her history with Leo Laporte.
I love how succinct and matter of fact this is Sarah. I'm not surprised by any of it at all of course…. :/
— Luria Petrucci (@LuriaPetrucci) October 23, 2017
Shannon Morse — aka Snubs.zip — had to endure this as well. Shannon, please see the note at the end of the post.
This thread also reminds me of a past boss, white male, dominating podcast industry, but incredibly racist and misogynistic.
— Shannon Morse (@Snubs) May 29, 2017
#MeToo then there was the time I was at work and the owner of the company commented on my boobs.
— Shannon Morse (@Snubs) October 15, 2017
#MeToo same owner of the company jokingly asked me to sit on his lap once. That was fucking gross. No HR. I didn't want to get fired.
— Shannon Morse (@Snubs) October 15, 2017
Leo Laporte is a disgusting creep enabled by his bride, Lisa Laporte.
So, let’s get this straight: Scoble is an asshole for what he did, but these things are fine for Leo Laporte:
- Exposing his dick on The Tech Guy
- Exposing Lisa Laporte’s vagina on TWiT, beside the only woman of color ever to co-host the show
- Forcing his Triangulation guest to see the porn sites he pays for and visits regularly
- Complaining about his phone heating up watching porn
- Sharing porn on his iPad
- Showing his pixelated cock to viewers of Before You Buy
- Publishing publicly this disturbing picture of Lisa Laporte with her child.
- Showing us his reminders to hang up his sex swing, later made fun of on No Agenda.
- Doing this to Kate Botello on The Screen Savers which caused him to be “brought up on charges” (his words).
- Telling Megan “a man would just stick it in.”
- Explaining to co-hosts what it would be like to have sexual intercourse with him.
- Admitting he is a dirty old man.
- Being a “disgusting little creep” to Soledad O’Brien.
- Treating Jolie O’Dell as a sexual object.
- Nearly exposing himself on a live Meerkat stream.
- Making a handjob joke about Megan Morrone’s young child.
- Offering to smear shit on Megan Morrone‘s face after penetrating her anally.
- Much more documented on this site.
What is wrong with tech press? Why don’t they cover Leo Laporte like they do Robert Scoble? Is it just that he’s an absolute nobody who isn’t even recognized at tech events in interviews?
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Shannon, this request is to you, personally. People have been asking you to do it already.
how many did they get? Btw please please make a post about how that previous male boss treated you so horribly…nows the time
— Matt (@iPadMatt) October 23, 2017
Please, speak out. You are the only one even partially vocal about his true nature. You alone hold the power, and you have nothing to lose by speaking your truth. You know that once you speak out, the others will follow. That is the spirit of #MeToo. We can’t do it; only you can do it.