Story highlights Carol Costello: I am grateful for the many women speaking out against sexual harassmentBut I fear the backlash -- critics who claim the accusations have gone too far or are outright lies, writes CostelloCarol Costello is the host of "Across America With Carol Costello" on HLN. I hear it all the time and as a woman who was sexually harassed in my first TV job in Akron, Ohio, then fired, I am proud of the women speaking up. So many courageous women are coming forward with their stories, speaking truth to power. Fearful of the backlash -- that is, people saying the accusations have gone too far or are outright lies. "You don't have the right to tell me what to do with my body," she told me on HLN.

Source: CNN November 27, 2017 21:11 UTC