According to CNN, the owner of the NY Jets has apologized to a female TV reporter who was the victim of sexual harassment by Jets personnel.
Ines Sainz, a former Miss Spain who now works for popular Mexican network TV Azteca, told CNN’s Rick Sanchez that Jets owner Woody Johnson called her on Monday to apologize for the team’s inappropriate behavior. She said she accepted his apology.
On Saturday, Sainz tweeted that she was “dying of embarrassment,” after players began hooting and hollering at her and an assistant coach threw footballs at her as she stood on the sideline during a team practice.
“To be quite honest, it didn’t bother me,” said Sainz in an interview with TV Azteca. “I took it as a joke, and none of the footballs actually hit me.”
Then, when she entered the locker room to interview Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez, she said she heard players talking about her.
“I try not to hear anything, try not to pay attention. My cameraman told me, ‘Don’t look on the right, don’t look at the left,” she said. “But I really feel the noise and all the environment was talking about me.”
Sainz said that a colleague later told her what the players said about her in the locker room.
Sainz said she thought no more of it until the next day when she learned the incidents were the talk of the NFL.
The NFL says it is investigating the charges of sexual harassment toward Sainz after The Association for Women in Sports Media expressed their concerns. The NFL plans to hold “educational sessions” with the Jets next week.
Sainz should know, if you want to be viewed and respected as a professional on the job, you have to present a “Professional image”.
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