
ICC Employee’s Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Court Chief, Which He Denies
Clip: 7/16/2026 | 8m 50sVideo has Closed Captions
ICC Employee’s Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Court Chief, Which He Denies
The International Criminal Court, whose mission is global justice and accountability, faces serious allegations against their Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan. His accuser sits down with us to tell her side of the story for the first time publicly. Mr. Khan denies all the allegations.
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ICC Employee’s Sexual Misconduct Claims Against Court Chief, Which He Denies
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The International Criminal Court, whose mission is global justice and accountability, faces serious allegations against their Chief Prosecutor, Karim Khan. His accuser sits down with us to tell her side of the story for the first time publicly. Mr. Khan denies all the allegations.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>> SO NOW COMES THE BEGINNINGS OF THE ALLEGATIONS ACCORDING TO THE REPORTS WE HAVE OBTAINED.
YOU ALLEGE THAT MR.
KHAN BECAME " MORE AGGRESSIVE "AND EVENTUALLY DIGITALLY PENETRATING YOU.
THESE ARE ALL ALLEGATIONS THAT HE DENIES.
CAN YOU TELL ME ABOUT SOME OF THAT?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I CAN'T SPEAK ABOUT WHAT I TOLD THE INVESTIGATORS.
AND I'M NOT GOING TO COMMENT ON THE REPORT ITSELF.
BUT I CAN SPEAK TO MY OWN EXPERIENCES.
THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD HAVE TO SAY IS THAT THIS DID NOT HAPPEN IN ISOLATION.
THIS WAS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE WERE ALWAYS ON THE MOVE, THERE WAS ALWAYS A CRISIS BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT HAPPENS AT THE COURT.
YOU HAVE TO DEAL WITH MULTIPLE THINGS.
AND IT'S ALSO VERY EMOTIONAL WORK THAT YOU ARE DOING.
MR.
KHAN HIMSELF IN MY EXPERIENCE WAS A VERY REACTIVE INDIVIDUAL.
AND HE COULD GO FROM BEING FINE AND COLLABORATIVE TO ANGRY, FOR EXAMPLE AT CRITICISM AND SOCIAL MEDIA.
AND THERE WOULD BE THIS RAGE.
AND SO YOU KIND OF VOICE FELT LIKE THE GROUND WAS SHIFTING UNDER YOU.
AND THERE WAS A, I HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO DESCRIBE IT BUT AN ESCALATION.
OF ATTACKS.
AND SO THAT ESCALATION WAS HAPPENING IN THIS ENVIRONMENT WHERE YOU ARE TRYING DESPERATELY TO ALMOST EMOTIONALLY REGULATE MR.
KHAN.
AND AS I WOULD DESCRIBE IT THE PHYSICAL NATURE OF IT, BUT IT DIDN'T START THAT WAY.
BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST KIND OF LIKE ENCROACHMENTS ON THE BOUNDARIES SLOWLY.
NOT JUST PHYSICALLY BUT EMOTIONALLY AS WELL.
>> CAN I JUST READ SOME OF WHAT, I KNOW YOU CAN'T COMMENT ON THE REPORT BUT WE'VE SEEN THE REPORT.
HE MAINTAINS THAT HE NEVER ENGAGED IN ANY CONDUCT WITH YOU THAT COULD BE CONSTRUED AS INAPPROPRIATE UNWELCOME OR ABUSIVE.
HE ALSO SAID THAT YOU DID NOT EXPRESS IN ANY FASHION THAT YOU FOUND ANY CONDUCT OR INDIRECTION UNWELCOME OR INAPPROPRIATE.
AND RECENTLY YOU'VE SEEN AND MANY PEOPLE HE HAVE SEEN AN INTERVIEW IN WHICH HE CATEGORICALLY DENIED HAVING ANY KIND OF RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T TALK ABOUT THE REPORT.
BUT WHAT WOULD YOU SAY TO THOSE DENIALS?
>> THERE IS MANY WAYS WHICH I CAN ANSWER THIS.
THE FIRST THING THAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THERE IS NO WAY FOR SOMETHING TO BE CONSENSUAL WHEN YOU HAVE SUCH A POWER DISPARITY.
WHAT I THINK MANY PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND IS THAT MR.
KHAN WAS NOT JUST MY BOSS AND HE WAS EVERYONE'S BOSS.
HE IS THE BOSS OF ALL BOSSES.
AND IT CANNOT BE CONSENSUAL.
I WILL GIVE YOU TWO EXAMPLES.
THERE WAS A POINT IN TIME WHEN I SAID TO MR.
KHAN THAT IF DISCONTINUED I WAS AFRAID THAT I MIGHT DO SOMETHING TO MYSELF.
>> YOU HAD SUICIDAL THOUGHTS.
>> I NEVER USE THAT WORD INTERNALLY BUT I JUST COULDN'T DO IT ANYMORE AND MR.
KHAN UNDERSTOOD FULLY.
HE SAID I WOULD NEVER WANT YOU TO HARM YOURSELF.
AND HE STOPPED.
I WOULD SAY ABOUT TWO OR THREE WEEKS.
BUT THAT WAS WORSE BECAUSE PRIOR TO THAT IT WAS LIKE BEING A ZOMBIE OR BEING IN A FOG.
BUT IN THOSE TWO WEEKS OR THREE WEEKS I WAS REALLY HOPEFUL.
BECAUSE HE WASN'T RETALIATING AGAINST ME.
THE WORK WAS HAPPENING.
AND SO I THOUGHT IT WAS DONE.
AND THAT'S ALL I EVER WANTED, FOR IT JUST TO BE FINISHED.
AND THEN IT STARTED AGAIN.
AND SO THE CRASH WAS EVEN WORSE.
THE SECOND INSTANCE WHEN WE TALK ABOUT CONSENT, WE DON'T NEED A SERIES OF INCIDENCES AND WE KNOW THAT.
LET'S TAKE ONE MOMENT.
ONE OF MY EXPERIENCES HAPPENED IN COLUMBIA.
>> ON A MISSION TO VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA.
>> CORRECT.
AND MR.
KHAN HOTEL ROOM WAS ON THE FLOOR ABOVE MINE.
RIGHT AT THE END OF A HALLWAY.
USUALLY WE CORDON OFF OR BLOCK OFF THAT SECTION FOR HIS SECURITY AND SAFETY.
MY ROOM WAS ON THE FLOOR BENEATH HIS AND I HAD A STAFF MEMBER ON EITHER SIDE.
WE HAD ARRIVED AND MR.
KHAN CALLED ME AND SAID THERE IS A TEXT MESSAGE I NEED YOU TO HAVE A LOOK AT.
AND I THOUGHT THIS WAS BECAUSE MR.
KHAN ALWAYS USED THE GUISE OF WORK TO INITIATE INTERACTIONS.
AND SO VERY STUPIDLY I SAID I THINK I'M NAUSEOUS FROM THE ALTITUDE, BUT GO TO IS BOGOTA IS ABOVE SEA LEVEL AND I SAID COULD BE HAVE A LOOK AT THIS OVER DINNER?
WE WERE MEETING WITH AN OFFICIAL DELEGATE.
AND HE SAID I'LL COME DOWN TO YOUR HOTEL ROOM.
IN THAT SPLIT SECOND, I THOUGHT BETWEEN THE TWO BAD OPTIONS THIS WAS THE BETTER OPTION BECAUSE HE WOULDN'T TRY ANYTHING KNOWING THAT THERE WERE TWO STAFF MEMBERS ON EITHER SIDE OF ME.
AND I REMEMBER DISTINCTLY I STOOD VERY CLOSE TO THE DOOR OF MY HOTEL ROOM, HE SHOWED ME THE TEXT MESSAGE AND I SAID I CAN'T DO ANYTHING WITH THIS.
YOU HAVE TO SEND IT FOR ME FOR ME TO LOG IT.
AND HE SENT IT AND THEN HE ASKED ME ARE YOU GOING TO TAKE A NAP NOW?
I SAID YEAH, MAYBE WE CAN TALK LATER.
HE SAID I'LL TAKE A NAP AS WELL.
WITH YOU.
AND I FROZE.
AND I REMEMBER I WAS WEARING BLACK LEGGINGS AND A BLACK TOP.
AND I LAY ON THE EDGE OF THE BED FACING THE WALL, SORT OF IN LIKE A FETAL POSITION.
AND THERE IS NO EXPLANATION FOR THIS.
BUT I DID WHAT SOUNDS RIDICULOUS BUT WAS EXACTLY WHAT I DID DURING A TRAUMATIC EVENT.
AND I PRETENDED TO BE ASLEEP.
NOBODY GOES TO SLEEP THAT QUICKLY UNLESS YOU ARE ON DRUGS OR YOU'VE HAD A LOT OF ALCOHOL.
AND I FELT MR.
KHAN SCOOTS OVER IN THE BED AND HE STARTED TO PUT HIS HAND DOWN MY LEGGINGS TO GROPE ME.
TO PUT HIS TONGUE IN MY EAR.
AND I DIDN'T MOVE AN INCH, EVEN WHEN HIS FINGERNAIL MUST HAVE CAUGHT MY SKIN.
I DIDN'T FLINCH, NOTHING.
I JUST WAS STILL.
WE TAKE THAT ONE INCIDENT ALONE.
IF YOU BELIEVE SOMEONE TO BE ASLEEP THAT IS NOT CONSENT.
YOU CANNOT CONSENT TO THAT.
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