Charlie Rose, the former "CBS This Morning” anchor, admitted he flirted with his female co-anchors and had workplace relationships, according to court documents filed Monday.Rose acknowledged during a Nov. 14 deposition that he flirted with his former CBS co-hosts Gayle King, Norah O’Donnell and Bianna Golodryga, and that he was aware King sometimes referred to him as “Charlie f-----' Rose.”“No one seemed to object,” he told a lawyer representing three women who are involved in an ongoing lawsuit against the once high-profile journalist.Rose was fired from his jobs with CBS and PBS, where he hosted the interview show "Charlie Rose", following the publication of a Washington Post story in November 2017 in which eight women came forward to accuse him of sexual harassment and unwanted advances. The Post reported in May 2018 that Rose had been accused of harassment by an additional 27 women who worked with him over three decades.Rose admitted in the deposition, filed in the Supreme Court of the state of New York in Manhattan as part of the suit brought against him by the three former CBS News employees, that he has had romantic relationships with women he worked with over the span of his 45-year career, and told lawyers that he now realizes why they those relationships were "inappropriate."“I’m saying inappropriate because the fact that I had relationships with people in the workplace over those 45 years and you know, we have now come to understand and appreciate and had by then that romantic relationships or intimacies were not appropriate in the workplace,” he said, adding, “you know, because there was power and balance,” according to the deposition. Rose declined to go into detail about the specifics of those relationships, including names.Rose defended himself against allegations of harassment during the deposition by suggesting that he frequently gave hugs and kisses on the cheek while greeting people with whom he was friendly. He was asked, “Are there any males you kissed?” and responded, “I’m sure there are,” but was unable to name anyone, according to the deposition.He was questioned in the deposition by Kenneth Goldberg, of the law firm Goldberg & Fliegel, who is representing the three women in the lawsuit. Goldberg asked Rose to identify whom he was referring to when he apologized for inappropriate behavior and insensitivity in a tweet he posted ahead of the publication of the Post's story, according to court documents.
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