Campanelli, a Hudson resident, will be charged on December 30 for events that took place in November in Aurora. He told a reporter for Portage County’s Record-Courier that he’s currently being treated by two doctors for “issues that happened to me as a boy that manifested themselves in this kind of way.” Also according to the Record-Courier:
Aurora Police allege John A. Campanelli, of Glen Echo Drive, exposed his genitals at least three times on Nov. 16 to a 23-year-old woman who was working as a lifeguard at the Aurora Inn.Campanelli was cited, not arrested, according to police.
Crain’s issued a release on its website, but doesn’t intend to comment at this time.
“We don’t plan to comment further about this publicly,” said Mary Kramer, VP and group publisher of Crain Communications Inc., in Cleveland and Detroit. “As with any personnel situation, we respect the privacy of the employee involved, regardless of his or her title.”
Campanelli, 46, has been publisher of Crain’s since 2013. Before that, he worked at the Plain Dealer as a reporter and editor for many years. He released this statement on Twitter Friday morning:
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It is hilarious when a media company circles the wagons when one of their own gets caught – literally, figuratively – with his pants down……since they would be ordering a fleet of reporters to park outside a home and place of employment of a suspect for a little gotcha journalism to boost online clicks/TV ratings/newsstand purchases.
hope he gets help if something is really wrong. that said, there has to be consequences to his actions.
perhaps tangential, but still true: his peers will probably give him a benefit of the doubt that they’d never give to folks of certain other economic classes in certain other areas of the city……
John shoud get credit for being very contrite and out front regarding the situation. Would be much easier to hide or deny.
Lance Rentzel would be proud.
It is always amazing to me when predators get caught they are under doctor’s care — this predator under multiple doctors care — like one doctor can’t handle one sick individual. Multiples seem to be better, right! John s only sorry he got caught,not sorry for the pain he inflicted on his victims. I am a victim of child molestation and I never revictimized someone else because of my pain I endured more than 30 years ago.
What a narcissist excuse on his behalf.
I hope the 23 year old woman is getting help after seeing his tally wagger. It must have made a real impression on her to call the police. I fear she may nightmares without counseling.
In this day and age when women are equal to men and pornography runs rampant on cable and the internet, don’t the police and courts have something better to do? If she told the dude to f’ off and he then persisted, then its different.
Pretty sad when a sexual deviant only gets 30 days house arrest , $500 in fines and 1 year probation. He can pull another stunt in the not-so-distant future…perhaps at the annual Hudson Ice Cream Social! 20-50% of these predators pull repeats.
Glad that he has a wonderful support group; I hope that the women that he exposed himself to do also. Oh, kudos for the kiss-up to his wife at the end of his statement…that should help