GaVo: Allegations, Investigations, and Zero Evidence *against Steve Hightower)
Tom Dempsey
Allegations, Investigations, and Zero Evidence
Anonymous claims of misconduct against a Lost-n-Found board member are unsubstantiated.
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If you walk into Steve Hightower’s salon and turn the right corner, you’ll notice bag upon bag of clothing and blankets. If you go further and actually take a walk with Steve on a blustery autumn night, you’ll find him passing out those clothes and blankets to young people camped out under bridges. Just a quick Google of his name yields years of charity work and a benefit he helms annually known as the Thriving Children Gala, which holds a massive and beloved party to raise money, awareness, and eventual dignity for kids living on the street. The hairstylist to the stars is blessed with the gift of business and charity, but also carries the heart of a philanthropist on him at all times.
Helping young ones in need is Steve’s mission in life, and he’s nothing short of stellar at it. Perhaps, to some, toostellar. It appears the Good Samaritan has a virtual bounty placed on his head, all to bring down the organization with anonymous former employees who apparently feel scorned, per a Project Q article dated Nov. 30. The bounty has come in the form of sexual misconduct allegations, a particularly damaging Scarlet A — especially at a time when the world is hyper-vigilant to bring such offenses to justice. According to the results of an investigation into the matter, justice has cleared Steve’s name.
The thing about allegations is that they’re just that — allegations. Anyone can accuse anyone of anything at any time, and it’s among the easiest of things to do to ruin someone’s life. The beauty of the modern legal system is that hearsay doesn’t warrant the dropping of the guillotine.
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