Lord Lester The Sex Pester.
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Lord Lester banned from the Lords for 4 years......
"A Liberal Democrat peer has been suspended from the House of Lords for almost four years after a committee found he tried to pressure a woman into having sex with him by promising to make her a baroness, threatening repercussions if she refused.
Anthony Lester, a human rights barrister and former government adviser who has been a peer since 1993, will be suspended until June 2022, the privileges and conduct committee said."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/12/a...
Or not as his colleagues block the suspension.
"A women’s rights campaigner has said she feels “victimised all over again” after the House of Lords voted to block the suspension of a Liberal Democrat peer who was found to have promised to make her a baroness if she agreed to sleep with him.
Jasvinder Sanghera, a long-time campaigner against forced marriage, told the Guardian she had no faith in anti-harassment efforts in the Lords after peers voted down the punishment imposed on Anthony Lester."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/15/p...
"A Liberal Democrat peer has been suspended from the House of Lords for almost four years after a committee found he tried to pressure a woman into having sex with him by promising to make her a baroness, threatening repercussions if she refused.
Anthony Lester, a human rights barrister and former government adviser who has been a peer since 1993, will be suspended until June 2022, the privileges and conduct committee said."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/12/a...
Or not as his colleagues block the suspension.
"A women’s rights campaigner has said she feels “victimised all over again” after the House of Lords voted to block the suspension of a Liberal Democrat peer who was found to have promised to make her a baroness if she agreed to sleep with him.
Jasvinder Sanghera, a long-time campaigner against forced marriage, told the Guardian she had no faith in anti-harassment efforts in the Lords after peers voted down the punishment imposed on Anthony Lester."
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/nov/15/p...
The interview this morning was interesting.
She was asked why, one week after she says he aggressively propositioned her, she wrote a detailed and effusive dedication in a copy of her book that she gave to him.
I have no idea who is telling the truth, but it certainly isn’t enough to prove in a court of law.
"An 82-year-old peer accused of sexual harassment 12 years ago has resigned from the House of Lords.
Lord Lester of Herne Hill was suspended from the Liberal Democrats this year following the allegations, which he has called "completely untrue".
A party spokesman said Lord Lester had made "the right decision"."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46533883
Lord Lester of Herne Hill was suspended from the Liberal Democrats this year following the allegations, which he has called "completely untrue".
A party spokesman said Lord Lester had made "the right decision"."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-46533883
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