Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story (1996)

One man's obsession. One woman's struggle. One way out.

Kerry Ellison, a vibrant young woman working as a senior accountant at the IRS, finds her life threatened by a disturbed, married co-worker who starts stalking her—following her, and writing her sexually tense notes. She makes it clear multiple times that she is not interested in him, but he is unstoppable. There's no one who can help her, so her only option is to file a sexual harassment suit against her employer and go to court, a decision that will surely cost her job. Based on a true story.

Date of release
1996-05-27
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 31m
Genres
Drama, Thriller, TV Movie
Director
Allan Kroeker

Casting

Interesting facts

Hostile Advances: The Kerry Ellison Story is a 1996 American made-for-television drama film based on Ellison v. Brady, a landmark sexual harassment case. This lawsuit set the precedent for the "reasonable woman" standard in sexual harassment law which allows for cases to be analyzed from the perspective of the complainant and not the defendant.

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