We knew this was coming!

A woman who once worked as a writer on the Late Show With David Letterman has stepped forward to say that when she worked for the show back in 1988, there was an atmosphere that led many female staffers to feel that the only way to achieve success at the company was by having sexual relationships with Letterman or other high-level men working for the company.  MSNBC is reporting on the story:

A former “Late Night” writer says David Letterman favored staffers with whom he was sexually involved, creating an environment that made her and other female employees feel demeaned.

Nell Scovell, who wrote for “Late Night with David Letterman” in 1988, said the show’s uncomfortable sexual politics created an environment that prevented advancement for women who were not in a relationship with Letterman or other high-level male employees.

In a first-person account of her time at Letterman’s writer’s table, published on VanityFair.com, Scovell she says she hopes the controversy surrounding the host’s admission of sexual indiscretions with staffers will draw attention to the boy’s-club mentality that prevails at late-night talk shows.

“I’d like to pivot the discussion away from the bedroom and toward the writers’ room, because it pains me that almost 20 years later, the situation for female writers in late-night TV hasn’t improved,” Scovell writes. “Now, I don’t want a lawsuit. I don’t want compensation. I don’t want revenge. I don’t want Dave to go down (oh, grow up, people). I just want Dave to hire some qualified female writers and then treat them with respect.”

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