Excellent points. The whole thing wreaks of grossly incompetent HR staff, as well as a management team that was unaware of the very real legal risks that allowi

Excellent points. The whole thing wreaks of grossly incompetent HR staff, as well as a management team that was unaware of the very real legal risks that allowing this sort of culture creates. The guy who did it may be eccentric and totally harmless to everyone who knows him, but none of that matters if there is evidence that a persistent harassment problem was not dealt with. No matter what the circumstances, it's risky for a company to keep someone employed who has not completely rectified any problematic harassment behavior after receiving a single warning.