The Flikken Maastricht employee who fell victim to Tygo Gernandt may have had to sign a confidentiality statement with the AvroTros series, says RTL Boulevard.
It seems that AvroTros and TV producer Warner Bros lied very, very flatly when they announced two years ago that Tygo Gernandt left Flikken Maastricht so abruptly due to ‘private circumstances’. It has now become clear that he was summarily dismissed due to extremely serious misconduct.
At the throat
According to Privé, the reason for that dismissal was intimidation, touching private parts and grabbing an employee by the throat. She was so shocked that she had to undergo EMDR therapy, which, according to Privé, was reimbursed by producer Warner Bros or the broadcaster AvroTros. And both sides remain silent.
RTL Boulevard star Frank Dane thinks it’s strange. “Tygo and the makers of Flikken choose to stoically keep their jaws tight and that situation seems to be becoming increasingly untenable,” he says in the show section. “A lot of questions for AvroTros and also for the producer of Flikken Maastricht. Why aren’t we getting answers?”
In the workplace
A good question, says reporter Aran Bade. “We have sent a lot of questions to both the producer, Warner Bros, and to AvroTros. The problem is: it is a huge dilemma they face. You can say about the story of ex Dianne: ‘That happened in the relational sphere’, but this happened in the workplace.”
It was simply a lie, he continues. “Why did they then say that it is a private matter and ‘we are not going to say anything further about it’? That just makes it very difficult for this producer and AvroTros to come public with this now, because they have dismissed it as a private matter.”
Gag order
It appears that a gag order has been agreed with the Flikken victim, according to Aran. “We have seen an email, which was also circulated on various channels, in which the producer admits that an incident took place on set and that they have also suspended that person.”
“But what is happening now, and it is interesting, is that there may be a non-disclosure agreement. If that were the case, it could mean that an agreement has been made with the victim, such as: ‘If you sign this, it means that you can no longer go public with it and we will dismiss it as a private matter, for everyone better.’”
Very strange
Such a code of silence would be truly insane, according to Aran. “It happens often in the business world, but I just find it very strange, especially when it happens in the media world, where we were already talking about the media pact of Respectful Collaboration, being transparent, if something happens, report it. Be honest about it!”
Frank believes that the victim should be able to speak out. “If such a confidentiality agreement has been signed and it concerns a criminal offense, are you allowed to talk?”
‘It depends’
That depends on the circumstances, answers crime journalist Jermaine Ellenkamp. “It depends on how you take it off. If the situation was clear at the time and you make such an agreement, then you must have really good reasons for doing something like that. But if you did it under pressure, for example, you can say: ‘I was under pressure’.”
Tygo’s management says: “We will make no further statements about this. However, Privé’s interpretation of events is incorrect.”
Aran: “The interpretation, that’s what they also indicate: some of it may be true and some of it may not be true.”