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On Monday, ETC published information about how a restaurant’s profile was in a system to sexually harass, exploit and abuse, especially young employees at the famous Stockholm restaurant where the man worked for a long time. Twelve women provide consistent but independent information in the article.
Their accusations and testimonies are multiple and detailed. The big picture is that everyone knew, saw, and shut up. Out of fear of losing their jobs, being qualified from other workplaces, but also because in some cases promises have been made about a career in the industry.
– He’s so sick, but we were so young. We did not have the perception and knowledge about our rights that women have today, says a woman who worked in the restaurant for almost four years to DN.
Like two other women Who DN has been in contact with, today she’s embarrassed. About his silence and – as he describes it today – cowardice.
The three women who interview DN describe him as a person who knew what he would do with his victims:
– I told him that there were a lot of rumors about him and that he should be careful, but he just thought he should be grateful for the opportunities he gave people. It was as if the whole world was dull, his behavior was accepted and spread to others, the woman tells DN.
Another former employee says he spoke very clearly, the first and only time he invited her to a hotel room.
– I got really mad. He immediately understood that I was a dangerous person for him. After that, he always said that he was rowdy and angry.
Various like DN He has been in contact with describes it as if there had always been a safety net around the restaurant’s profile, a safety net made up of other people with power in the industry. That no one has dared to report or speak, not even now, is explained by the fact that one “is afraid of their contacts.” The Hotel and Restaurant Union is also unaware of what has emerged.
– Even the boys who worked were afraid to speak, I know they also felt bad. Today it seems crazy that we didn’t say no, but that was it, says one of the women.
Now the women DN spoke to hope someone can report it to the police. So far no one has been able to submit the perfect solution, which is not strange.
The company behind the restaurant and the restaurant profile contacted attorney Hanna Lindblom at a very early stage after ETC published the allegations against the restaurant profile.
– They believe that a crime was committed with the publication – it is a serious slander. The allegations are very serious and my client rejects them completely, says Hanna Lindblom.
– It is extremely frivolous to run this type of process on the media. My client doesn’t even know what the events refer to, he rejects the information completely, says Hanna Lindblom, who took legal action immediately.
He also intends to report the magazine to the Media Ethics Committee.
On Tuesday afternoon, a staff meeting was held at the restaurant in question. After that, the CEO of the company announced that the man was taking time off from work.
– These are serious accusations made against us as a workplace and as an employer. Therefore, we will designate an independent investigation into the work environment, writes the CEO in a statement that he emailed to several newsrooms.
It emphasizes that the accused denies the charges against him.
