Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner for sexually transgressive behaviour, spoke on Wednesday evening Op1 lashed out at John de Mol in response to the report published earlier that day. “You made an appeal to the women: go and report, because it is in order. But it was not in order.”
Law firm Van Doorne concluded on Wednesday that several cases of “inappropriate behavior” have taken place at the talent show The voice of Holland, but that nothing seems to have been done with the reports to managers. Producer ITV had no clear rules for this and therefore acted incorrectly, according to Van Doorne.
That while John de Mol in the broadcast of BOOS, in which the abuses surrounding the talent show were exposed, called on women to report. That would be safe, he said.
But according to Hamer, the report proves that De Mol was not telling the truth at the time. She understands that many women who initially reported to Van Doorne, the law firm that conducted the research for ITV, did not want to be interviewed. “They said: we don’t trust it,” says Hamer.
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Hamer wonders whether the situation is now in order
The government commissioner on sexual misconduct is unsure what to do with the summary of the ITV investigation. “It is not a culture study, because the culture at the company is not examined,” she says. “It is not an integrity investigation, it is not clear who was responsible. It all floats a bit in between.” Hamer also questions whether everything is in order at ITV, as the company claims.
RTL wants to have a “solid conversation” with the company, but does not want to say what the purpose of that conversation should be. The victims of The voice of Holland want the responsible Dutch management team of ITV to resign after the report published on Wednesday.
ITV would not say whether the management team is considering this.
