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Tom Brokaw cancels speech amid sex harassment accusations

In this Nov. 24, 2014, file photo, journalist Tom Brokaw is introduced before being awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP)
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The Associated Press
April 27, 2018 - 10:29 am
 

FAIRFIELD, Conn. — A Connecticut university says former news anchor Tom Brokaw has withdrawn as commencement speaker after facing allegations of sexual harassment.

The Hartford Courant reports Sacred Heart University announced the cancellation Friday.

University president John Petillo says Brokaw didn’t want to distract from students and families, “given the events in the news.”

 

A woman who worked as a war correspondent for NBC News told Variety and The Washington Post that Brokaw groped her and tried to forcibly kiss her in the 1990s.

The 78-year-old Brokaw has denied the allegations.

Brokaw will be replaced at the May 13 graduation by Linda McMahon, who serves on President Donald Trump’s cabinet as head of the Small Business Administration.

McMahon is also a university donor and previously served on the Catholic school’s board of trustees.

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