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Disney Declines to Investigate ABC News’ Handling of Sexual Assault Accusation

Disney has no plans to investigate how ABC News handled the accusation of sexual assault brought by a producer against her former boss, according to a recording of a staff meeting obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

“Good Morning America” executive producer Simone Swink told staffers earlier this week that an independent probe into former senior executive producer Michael Corn “is not happening at this time,” the Journal reported.

ABC News producer Kirstyn Crawford sued Corn and the network in August, accusing him of assault and ABC News of doing nothing when she raised the issue internally. She later amended her complaint to say that ABC News, in fact, retaliated against her after she complained.

A representative for ABC News did not immediately return a request for comment.