Morten Østergaard, who recently resigned as leader of the Radicals after owning up to sexual harassment by a colleague, has gone on sick leave.
According to Radical new leader Sofie Carsten Nielsen, this postpones an investigation of three unresolved harassment claims against Østergaard, which he admitted last week on Friday two days after resigning.
“I will give an account of his situation when he is back from sick leave,” she said.
Women must be contacted
Nielsen refuses to cover up him, even though she recently told DR that she knew there was harassment, long before Østergaard’s resignation, which was presented to the party’s secretary.
One of the three women, Radical party member Katrine Robsøe, has publicly confirmed her harassment claim via a Facebook post.
“I am one of the three women that Morten Østergaard admitted to violating on Friday,” she said.
Nielsen claims that the women should at least get feedback in the meantime. Not contacting them, she told DR, would be “unacceptable”.
Let his party fail
Østergaard resigned as leader after owning up to sexual harassment by Radical MP Lotte Rod last week on Wednesday.
“I have not failed Lotte, whose forgiveness I received many years ago. It’s my party I have betrayed by not being honest, ”he said.
“I would not feel confident to continue as party leader.”
Østergaard harassed Robsøe back in 2015, when she was hired as a study worker.
Source: The Nordic Page