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submitted 8 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world

Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station.

A man accused of physically assaulting a woman at a U.S. research station in Antarctica was then sent to a remote icefield where he was tasked with protecting the safety of a professor and three young graduate students, and he remained there for a full week after a warrant for his arrest was issued, documents obtained by The Associated Press show.

Stephen Tyler Bieneman has pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor assault over the incident last November at McMurdo Station, which his lawyer said was nothing more than “horseplay.” The case is due to go to trial Monday in Honolulu.

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[-] Salamendacious@lemmy.world 68 points 8 months ago

An AP investigation in August uncovered a pattern of women at McMurdo who said their claims of sexual harassment or assault were minimized by their employers, often leading to them or others being put in further danger.

WTF?

[-] stella@lemm.ee 16 points 8 months ago

It's pretty normal when you have a small pool of qualified individuals. Some men will take advantage of women and management will brush it under the rug because they need those men to do their jobs. There aren't any replacements without increasing payment.

[-] MagicShel@programming.dev 1 points 8 months ago

So the women are basically unwitting whores being pimped as party favors to keep the men there? Sheesh I can think of so many better ways to fix that...

[-] JoBo@feddit.uk 13 points 8 months ago

I'm always surprised when people are surprised but then I remember this stuff is largely invisible to approximately half the population.

Here's the investigation referenced: Women working in Antarctica say they were left to fend for themselves against sexual harassers

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[-] Cethin@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 months ago

All criminal convictions have to go through a trial in the US...

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