I was seated next to Norwood Teague as part of a
group gathering. He was friendly and appropriate. This is the
most time I've ever
spent with him. Previously I have just greeted him with minimal
small talk but neverhad a conversation.
That evening, we had a dinner planned for the group with drinks
ahead of time BI. He sat near me ^^^^^B and continued to be
appropriately friendly. We
sat with a group of people. He asked me about my family, kids,
education,
hometown, etc. I asked him a few questions. I learned that he
was single and I
thought of someone I used to work with that he might be
interested in meeting. Itold him about her, showed him her pic on
Facebook and he said he'd like to meether. He asked for my cell
number, which I gave to him so I could forward her contact
info. I continued to talk with the rest of the group. I did
notice that he had two
martinis and a glass of wine before dinner.
During dinner he started to text me. [See attached for complete
text exchange.) It
was initially a fun, back and forth teasing which was slightly
flirtatious but feltharmless. Then his texting started to cross the
line as he suggested skinny dipping,
another drink with no touching, his attraction to me, etc. At
this point, I responded,
"No" and "Stop". He continued to text. I left the room to go to
the bar and he followed
and sat down next to me. He asked if I was happily married, if I
had ever had an
affair and if I would be open to cheating on my husband. He said
that I couldn't deny
the connection between us. I shook my head and looked for
others. I motioned for
people to come sit down next to me, which they did and I talked
to them. Then
everyone moved ^^^^^B again. I sat down at the table. NT was to
my left.-was to my right. Across from me sat |
I, among others. I heard texts coming in on my phone. He told me
tocheck them and I said no. He continued to tell me to check my
phone but I wouldn't.
He started to pinch my buttocks repeatedly as well as my waist.
I tried to ignore him
by turning away from him. He continued saying things to me but I
ignored him. I felt
trapped and frozen. At one point, I exchanged glances with^BI
an(l wlth I^BB whoboth seemed to acknowledge that NT was bothering
me. BB stated that he wasgoing to ^^^^^^^^^B and asked if I wanted
him to walk me back. He told melater .that he noticed I was very
uncomfortable and was trying to help. I stood and
left with ^^B and ^^^^^^^^B. I was shaken and went back toto
talk after ^^^^^^^B said good night. When I got there I looked at
my phoneand saw the texts he had been sending me ^^^^^^^^B- They
were lewd anddisgusting. Shordy_after I looked at them, he tried to
face-time me on my phoneJ.
ignored the call. ^^B walked me back ^^BBBBB-1 asked if |would
walk me ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^B so I wouldn't have to walk alone and
heagreed to do so.
In the morning we were all back in the conference room together
for the day's
meetings. I asked to talk with ^B and told her what had happened
the nightbefore. She said she was aware something was going on and
that I was very
uncomfortable. People had been assigned to tables and again he
was at my table. He
acted like nothing had happened. I was very uncomfortable. When
I went up to get
coffee he came up to talk to me. He made small talk. No
reference was made to the
previous night.
After the I was over, I met ^^B and ^^^^B for lunchtold me that
NT had sexually harassed her the night before and
she described what happened. I told her what had happened to me.
There were
definite similarities.
I was back in the office the next day. That morning he sent me
an email inquiring
about some ^^B work we had discussed on the ^^^^^^^^^^^B. I
delegatedhis request to someone on my staff. She responded to him
and copied me.
