Ex-radio host Keillor hopes sex harassment charges will fade

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He said the controversy made him appreciate his friends.

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“In the newspaper, they refer to you as a disgraced broadcaster. They refer to this as a scandal, but your true friends, and you don’t need that many of them, but you find out for absolute sure who they are in the first two weeks after all of this happens,” he said.

In an extensive interview with The Associated Press last month, Keillor described several sexually suggestive emails he exchanged with the woman — a former freelance researcher for his show — as “romantic writing” that never resulted in a physical relationship.

He also rejected the idea that because he was her boss, and the driving force of a hugely popular radio program, it could be interpreted as sexual harassment.

The woman responded to the AP via her attorney and said that Keillor’s power over her job made her afraid to say no to him. The Associated Press does not typically name alleged victims of sexual harassment unless they have chosen to go public.

Keillor told the Courier said that since November, he’s written a western play, a Lake Wobegon screenplay and a novella called “Unseemly Behavior,” based on events surrounding the harassment allegations.

MPR announced in November it would stop distributing Keillor’s program “The Writer’s Almanac” and would no longer rebroadcast “The Best of A Prairie Home Companion.”

MPR spokeswoman Angie Andresen said after the AP interview that it stands by its handling of the claims against Keillor.

The Associated Press