Suzie Hardy Files Police Report On Ryan Seacrest's Alleged Harassment

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In a guest column in the HOLLYWOOD REPORTER, celebrity stylist SUZIE HARDY recounted her sexual harassment claims against TV and radio celebrity RYAN SEACREST (NET NEWS, 2/26) and noted that because she believed NBC UNIVERSAL's in-house investigations of her allegations were "incomplete," HARDY has filed a police report about the abuse "so I'm guaranteed a real investigation this time.

"All I wanted was an apology, some validation and some real action to protect women in the workplace," she wrote later in her column. "What I got was NBC promising to do a thorough and confidential investigation of my claims. Sadly, NBC did not interview 10 of the witnesses I provided, including my therapist and my boyfriend at the time. After closing the books on its 'inconclusive' investigation, NBC refused to provide me with any of its findings or even the HR reports from my 2012 claims.

"RYAN chose to take this public, not me. But I will not stand by silently and let RYAN or the sycophants that employ him get away with this. ... So, joke all you want, KELLY RIPA. NBC and ABC, keep spinning and deflecting. You're all making a big mistake. And RYAN, stop trying to bully me. It's not going to work."

SEACREST again denied any form of harassment against HARDY, dismissing her claims as "reckless allegations." He cited an investigation conducted by an outside law firm that found "insufficient evidence to support the claims" and cleared him on FEB. 1st. That investigation focused on witnesses with firsthand knowledge of interactions between SEACREST and HARDY. NBC and SEACREST also pointed out HARDY was not terminated; her contract ended when SEACREST's tenure on E! NEWS came to a close. NBC and SEACREST's attorney would not comment further. 

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