Kim Godwin, the new president of ABC News, said that she wants an independent investigation of how the network handled reports of sexual assault allegations against a former top producer for Good Morning America, according to a report.The Wall Street Journal, citing audio of a call between Godwin and staffers, reported that she during the meeting on Thursday, “We can’t have us investigating us.
We need an independent person.” She was responding to staff anger over the way that the allegations were handled.The producer, Michael Corn, abruptly left the network in April, but he has denied the claims brought by Kirstyn Crawford in a civil lawsuit filed on Wednesday.
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