As of November 20, 2017, Jordan Chariton and The Young Turks have parted ways, and Jordan is still claiming innocence.

Jordan’s behavior in the short time I’ve known him has only gotten more and more problematic. While the justice system ultimately proves individuals guilty of a crime, I have no doubt in my mind that his accusers (past and present) have firm ground to stand upon. This is about a pattern, and history repeats itself.

I heard so many condescending instances of “you’re so great at ___, and I think I can make you better.” He said things like, “I’m sure you’re not like every other crazy bitch in my life and I can trust you with ___.” I heard him egotistically boast to management about it being his site and his decisions over trivial things, while volunteer employees slaved over a hot keyboard to offer content to his site, hoping to someday be paid. I heard accusations that he was not going to pay certain people, or even take the donation money and run, and there was no rhyme or reason as to why people eventually got paid the amounts they did. I heard him trash talk journalists and threaten to fire them in private, but they’re still writing for him to this day. I heard about him sleeping with an employee, which at its core is in poor taste. I heard the sexual misconduct allegations from more than one colleague. Then, I heard brilliantly manufactured excuses made to the team about why the original executive board left, skirting the issue entirely. Hindsight has shown me I should’ve resigned long before I did.

I hope the truth will eventually come out, and that it will prevail.

For now, I hope one of his alleged victims will read this personal message from me in their inbox, and will begin to tell the truth:

**Correction made 11/21: One screenshot of a private message between myself and one of the accusers was made public on twitter a few days ago without my permission. This was a message I️ received that was tame compared to the rest of what this woman told me, and it is what I️ chose to share with an individual reporting on this story. No further screenshots were exchanged. I forgot I shared it with him and recently saw it online. I️ still believe the name of the accuser and those screenshots should’ve been censored in the release of those PMs, or they shouldn’t have been released at all.

(Screenshot removed 11/30/2017 for privacy concerns)

Updated 11/24: A link to Christian’s public apology for releasing those private messages was added to the body of this post. I also made it clear that these individuals are alleged victims by clarifying the language of my posts. I am not accusing Jordan Chariton of these crimes, only sharing experiences and what was told to me in the most anonymous way possible.