Report: Ryan Seacrest Harassment Accuser Speaks Out

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Weeks after RYAN SEACREST preemptively penned a guest column in the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, declaring that he was wrongly accused of harassment (NET NEWS 2/7), the accuser -- his former personal stylist, SUZIE HARDY -- has now told her story to VARIETY (2/26) were she detailed several instances of harassment.

She also disputed the conclusions made by outside counsel hired by NBCUNIVERSAL which found “insufficient evidence to support the claims against SEACREST” claiming that "the investigator never contacted four witnesses she had referred him to who could corroborate elements of her story."

HARDY landed a job as RYAN SEACREST’s personal stylist for “E! NEWS” in 2006. Soon thereafter, he asserted that "SEACREST subjected HARDY to years of unwanted sexual aggression," including unsolicited touching that included a slap on her derriere that left a welt. She dealt with the harassment "for years out of concern over being able to provide for her daughter" [she was a single mother], and from being told that going to Human Resources would lead to her termination.

In fact, when she finally did report SEACREST’s actions to human-resources executives in 2013, her employment ended according to the report.

Read all the details here.

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