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Written statement of the Event that Took Place on 17 November 2022 – Written by [naam 3] 21 December 2022
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In the early afternoon I went upstairs to speak to Mr. [verweerder] about the cases I was expected to handover to him. (…) I proceeded to walk up to the top floor as speak to Mr. [verweerder] , at the beginning of the conversation Mr. [verweerder] asked me how I felt about leaving and I stated that I was sad about it, but that I was also excited to start my new job as this was within the areas I am specialized in. Mr. [verweerder] then proceeded to ask whether “we should do something crazy.” Not knowing what would come and not expecting anything extreme as we were at work, I was to my surprise asked whether we should do cocaine (coke). I was shocked and politely declined and told Mr. [verweerder] that it is not my thing. Mr. [verweerder] then said that it was just some coke he had leftover and that he just happened to have it in his laptop bag (the laptop bag provided to us by Bierens). Mr. [verweerder] repeatedly asked whether I was sure that I did not want any coke, and reminded me several times that it was my second last day so I should do something crazy because of that. I continuously declined.
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After Mr. [naam 4] and Miss [naam 5] had left I was surprised that Mr. [verweerder] put his phone on top of the open Kettle, with the screen facing down, put presumed that he simply wanted to clean the screen of his phone, as he proceeded to get paper towel and clean his screen. Instead, he went over to Mr. [naam 6] ’s desk (which is located in a corner and has separators around it so you cannot see anything but the employee who sits at that desks head. Mr. [verweerder] proceeded to snort something, and then asked me if I was sure I did not want some coke, as it was my last days and that I should do something crazy for that reason. I again declined the offer. Mr. [verweerder] accepted that I declined the offer this time and then stated that he was just doing small lines throughout the day, as he was sitting all alone upstairs and that it was lonely.
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Mr. [verweerder] then sat down at his desk and asked me to sit next to him so we could look at his screens regarding the cases I were to hand over to him. However, to my surprise, Mr. [verweerder] got very close to my face, and then sensed that something was strange about the situation so I turned my head to the left hoping he would whisper something in my ear but instead he asked me to look at him, I told him no and that he could not do that (kiss me). I made up many excuses before he accepted that I did not wish or intend to kiss him, amongst other I informed him that we are colleagues, that he has not been well (he had a burnout as well as personal issues, and had only returned to work and began full time shortly prior to this experience), I informed him that I had not been well (had a burnout myself just before and during the summer of 2022), that my boyfriend and I had just broken up and that I currently did not eish to engage with men in such a manner in any shape or form,. After a number of excuses and his face being very close to mine for what felt like forever, Mr [verweerder] understood that he would have no chance and he them withdrew his face which had been about 5 centimeters away from mine this entire time. (…) I then got up and Mr. [verweerder] followed me downstairs to my office where I pretended to go in to carry out the remainder of my work, and he proceeded to go downstairs to smoke.
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I needed to tell someone what had happed (…) I then decided to go into Miss [naam 7] ’s office and tell her what had happened (…) I began with telling her how shocked I was and then proceeded to tell her the above. Miss [naam 7] was equally shocked and advised me to report the incident.
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The following day, 18 November 2022, Miss [naam 7] ’s and I had agreed that we would share my office, as I did not want to sit alone (…) The first topic Miss [naam 7] and I discussed that morning was whether 1 was going to report the incident. (…) We both agreed that Mr. [naam 8] would be the natural choice”