A minor celeb came on to me inappropriately should I report?

[Iggypoppie]

Got a bit of a dilemma.

After watching the jammy Saville doc last week I remembered that earlier this year a current v minor TV presenter several times touched my leg at a charity dinner. It was in a busy room and I was too shocked/confused to ask him to stop! I had only just met him and was three months pregnant so wasn't flirting and I believe his behaviour was sleazy if not predatory.

This person has already been reprimanded for inappropriate behaviour at work in the past so I believe he has form.

My question is, should I tell his employer even though he wasn't attending in a work capacity? Or should I just email him and say that I am on to him?

I don't want a fuss by the way and it was possible that he was just being "friendly" but it occurred to me that Saville got away so long because of women minimising incidents like this one.

Oh and also I do think that his minor celebrity status is relevant here. He probably thinks it gives him power to behave exactly as he pleases or believes every woman will fall into his arms because he's just so darn irresistable. Either way, he needs a wake up call.

I think the minor celebrity bit of this is irrelevant & you should treat the situation as you would with anyone else. What he did was wrong

Sorry yes - I mean I'd still be advocating contacting his employer if I knew of other instances through his employment and believed it was a pattern of worrying behaviour, even if he wasn't a minor celebrity. But I think his 'status' is probably quite relevant as to why he believes he can act like that and get away with it.

I'm really shocked by some of the mocking, alpha female attitudes on this thread. You did nothing wrong and I completely get why you didn't say anything straight away. I also think the celebrity bit is totally relevant.This wasn't a private encounter gone wrong - the guy was only invited to the event because of who he is - and he took full advantage.

I wouldn't email him personally but as other posters have suggested, I would definitely think about contacting the event organisers. If the guy has form then other women may have reported him too and at least you'll feel you've done everything you could.

I'd probably do nothing now because of the time delay but if I did decide to, I'd contact the employer and say that I wished for it to be on the record so that it would be useful in the event of someone else experiencing something similar, but that I didn't want to take further action at this time.

OP, although I am sorry to hear that you are upset about the incident and want to report him, the bit that sticks out like a sore thumb, is that you say you only remembered the incident, after you had been watching a show about JS. If it had bothered you that much, how were you able to forget about it so easily, if it was only a few months ago.

What were you thinking of saying in the email?

I disagree - the programme reminded me of several incidents that I had long forgotten / pushed to the back of my mind. Not uncommon at all.