It was indeed. The brother even phoned me to talk about it. He found it quite disturbing.
It would be nice to think society has moved on but to what extent has it?
I don't really think that racing is that far behind other industries or institutions, in a negative way I mean. I'm more than 12 years retired now from teaching and I reckon young teachers were still being harangued by older teachers in a sexual way.
The last place I worked was a bit 'wild', if I can put it like that. A lot of it was consensual, to the best of my knowledge, but some of it wasn't.
One younger woman felt obliged to leave and make an antipodean move after her liaison with an older colleague became known. The head teacher was 'kicked upstairs' after his affair with a member of staff became pretty much public knowledge.
Suggestive remarks - both ways - were not uncommon, as were 'solicitous', again, if I can call them that, approaches. I myself was the object of one such approach which happened, thankfully, to be interrupted, by a female colleague many years my junior. To be honest, I can't say I was offended or troubled in any way. Quite the opposite; I was extremely flattered because she was more than attractive and we remained very good friends until I retired but no such approach was ever repeated. I think she felt slightly embarrassed at herself and I pretended it never happened.