Washington Post Sued by Reporter Over Sexual Assault Response

The Washington Post responded to a political reporter coming forward with sexual assault accusations against a powerful media figure by silencing her, failing to protect her when she was doxxed, and threatening to terminate her if she continued to speak out, according to a lawsuit filed in the District of Columbia.

While living in China in 2017, Felicia Sonmez was sexually assaulted by Jonathan Kaiman, who was then the Los Angeles Times’ Beijing bureau chief and president of the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China, according to her complaint filed Wednesday in D.C. superior court.

After another woman came forward with ...