A Liberal adviser working for Craig Kelly alleges she was sexually harassed regularly by office manager Frank Zumbo in the MP’s private Sydney office.
………….In
2017, with the stress of the alleged sexual harassment at work, and the stress
of a difficult relationship outside the office, the adviser ended up in
hospital suffering from anxiety and severe stomach pains.
“Whenever
I’d go into work, we’d end up yelling. And just the thought of having to go in
and have the one-on-one talks with him,” she said. “I couldn’t face getting out
of bed. They said it was stress and anxiety that was causing me to have severe
(stomach) pains.”
She
confronted Mr Zumbo at least once in 2017 and accused him of sexually
assaulting her, but he allegedly threatened to sack her and say that her claims
were as a result of being terminated.
She
said she wanted to leave but she alleges that Mr Zumbo told her she wouldn’t
get another job in politics if she left the office. “He told me I wouldn’t,”
she said.
“He
said ‘if you leave this office, that will be it; I know people and you don’t
have a career unless it’s with me’.’’ ……………….
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