'Good Morning America' Producer Accused Of Sex Abuse: Lawsuit

NEW YORK CITY — Former "Good Morning America" producer Michael Corn has been accused of sexual assault in a lawsuit filed Wednesday morning in New York state court, records show.

A 31-year-old ABC News staffer and morning show producer accused Corn of assaulting her in 2015 and a "World News Tonight" producer about 10 years ago, the complaint states.

"Corn also created and perpetuated a toxic work environment fraught with discrimination against and marginalization of women," the suit states, "including verbal and physical abuse and unwelcome sexualized comments and harassment."

The second producer was not named as a plaintiff but is supporting the lawsuit, according to the complaint. Both accusers are named in the suit but are not named in this story as per Patch's policy on identifying victims in sexual assault cases.

The suit also appoints blame to the American Broadcasting Companies for allegedly ignoring complaints about Corn first filed in 2017 and only investigated in February 2021.

"ABC knew or should have known that Corn had a propensity to sexually harass female colleagues and that he perpetuated a hostile work environment," the suit contends.

ABC's press representatives for "Good Morning America" did not immediately respond to Patch's request for comment.

Corn, a former senior executive producer of the morning show, joined Good Morning America in 2014 and was fired for sexually predatory conduct in April 2021, according to the complaint.

During his tenure at the morning show, the 31-year-old producer said she regularly saw Corn make inappropriate comments about female workers' weight, make-up and general appearance, the suit states.

"When Corn joined Good Morning America, he expressed annoyance at the fact that there were several senior female employees working for the show," the suit states.

"Corn referred to these women as 'news nuns,' which is a term he used to refer to older women who had worked for ABC for a long time and had never married or had children."

Corn also commented freely on women who bring accusations of sexual assault, including E. Jean Carroll, the woman who accused former president Donald Trump of rape, the suit contends.

"Corn said that Carroll would have to 'rewind the clock' if she wanted any chance at being taken seriously or getting 'Monica Lewinsky attention,'" the complaint states. "In other words, Corn was saying that Carroll was not young enough or attractive enough for her claim of rape to deserve attention."