At Renaissance Festival, females recount many years of harassment

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Updated: 1:15 p.m. | published: 4 a.m.

The yearly Renaissance Festival’s fanciful realm of jousters, jesters and jokesters is well underway.

But its entertainment that is longtime director maybe maybe not going to.

Carr Hagerman, who made a quick court look Thursday morning, is dealing with unlawful sexual misconduct costs alleging he raped a freelance professional professional photographer on festival grounds in Shakopee this past year. His next hearing is scheduled for Oct. 11.

Hagerman, 60, whom struggled to obtain the event for four years, has rejected the costs.

Those fees and case initiated by two feminine previous workers led eight other females in the future ahead to MPR Information to recount whatever they stated had been many years of punishment and harassment if they worked in the event, now in its 47th 12 months.

Some additionally allege the event’s administration did not enough to aid.

“Through the top down, they do not think ladies, ” stated Megan Culverhouse, whom worked during the festival for ten years. Some of these years she worked as an associate regarding the protection group. Read More →