Bono’s anger over ‘abuse’ at his charity
U2 star Bono says he is “deeply sorry” after allegations of bullying and abuse emerged at One, the anti-poverty charity he co-founded in 2004.
The Irish rocker, 57, was left “furious” after claims by former employees of the Johannesburg office that they had been “treated worse than dogs” and a woman said she was demoted for refusing to sleep with a Tanzanian official. Bono said: “I hate bullying, can’t stand it. The poorest people in the poorest places being bullied by their circumstance is the reason we set up One.
“So to discover last November that there were serious and multiple allegations of bullying in our office in Johannesburg left me and the One board reeling and furious.”