Glenn Thrush Kept His Book Advance Following Sexual Misconduct Allegations, but Co-Author Maggie Haberman Didn't
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Buzzfeed is reporting that after New York Times star reporter Glenn Thrush was dropped from a Random House book deal with his colleague Maggie Haberman, he kept his advance, while she was ultimately required to repay hers. Thrush was dropped from that deal, and reassigned at the Times, after a Vox story reported that several former colleagues had experienced sexually inappropriate and harassing behavior from him, including the author of the piece.
That Vox article, written by journalist Laura McGann, was released on November 20, 2017, and had an immediate impact: Thrush had already been suspended at work by the time the story was released, and was then reassigned to cover poverty and the social safety net, which was widely seen as a demotion from his high-profile job covering the White House. Random House soon announced that a proposed book he’d been slated to co-author with Haberman, an inside look at the Trump administration, would move forward without him attached.
The Washington Post reported at the time that he’d keep his advance since Random House dropped him. Haberman, meanwhile, per Buzzfeed, was ultimately not so lucky: