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A Hidden Sexual-Assault Scandal at the New York Philharmonic
Two musicians were fired for sexual misconduct. Why are they back with the orchestra?
Founded in 1842, it is the oldest orchestra in the country, famous in previous decades for the nationally televised broadcasts of Leonard Bernstein’s concerts for young children and, through to the present day, for its commitment to commissioning new works. “It felt like I was meeting such resistance, like this system didn’t care that a crime happened to me, to my body.” Kizer added that whether or not she’d been given GHB, her clear incapacitation — she was blacked out and moments away from vomiting — left her unable to consent to sex. In April 2020, Bloch ruled in favor of Muckey and Wang, citing the fact that the “events at issue occurred some 8, 10 and 12 years prior” and the “potential degradation of corroborative evidence over time.” Because “sex acts are normally performed privately,” he wrote, “the task of demonstrating assault charges, including those resulting from the refusal to take ‘no’ for an answer, can be difficult to prove.”
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