Late to this party, sorry. Just saw your blog post, commenting here.<p>I agree with you that the female in this story handled the situation optimally. I recently made a sexual harassment claim at a megacorp. It was handled much as you described. I was pleased by the whole process and outcome. Much improved, very different from how these things were handled in the 90s.<p>I agree with patio11&#x27;s advice that the <i>founder</i> should lawyer up. Being a startup, they probably don&#x27;t have mature processes. Lawyer + HR can instruct founder how to handle this situation legally, professionally.<p>I disagree that the new hire should be summarily fired for a first offense. But as a dude I predict this guy will eventually be fired; it&#x27;s best to start that documentation now.