WPP, the arena's biggest advertising and marketing employer, has said it is retreating guide for the Presidents Club Charity Dinner after allegations of sexual misconduct on the 2018 occasion.
WPP backed a table at ultimate week's dinner, at which a Financial Times undercover reporter alleges hostesses have been groped and sexually stressed.
Boss Sir Martin Sorrell informed the News of today his visitors did not see such behaviour.
But he added that his company would now not help the event inside the destiny.
Sir Martin turned into not at this 12 months's occasion and stated: "I actually have never visible something like that.
"We checked with our folks that have been there at our table and they stated they saw nothing of that type - but we issued a assertion saying that we may not guide the charity in future, that's regrettable due to the fact it's miles a charity that helps numerous kid's charities and has completed a whole lot of right work."
Hostesses 'shocked'
Madison Marriage, an undercover reporter for the Financial Times who worked at the men-handiest occasion at London's Dorchester Hotel, says hostesses had been now not warned that they might be sexually stressed.
Ms Marriage advised BBC Newsnight: "I was groped numerous times and I recognise there are numerous other hostesses who said the identical issue happened to them.
"It's a fingers up skirts, fingers on bums but additionally palms on hips, hands on stomachs, fingers going spherical your waist all at once.
"This is not, I think, a high-level groping, however one of the strangest matters was you may be speaking to a man and he'd abruptly start protecting your hand.
"I knew stuff like that might manifest on the night but I wasn't a hundred% certain. But there are plenty of different ladies there who had in reality no concept that was the sort of occasion it would be and I had one female tell me that she turned into bowled over. She become asked if she became a prostitute on the night time."
Ms Marriage stated that the 130 hostesses were informed to wear skimpy black outfits with matching underclothes and excessive heels and also that they might drink alcohol while running.
'Completely specific'
Newsnight's political editor, Nicholas Watt, said he understood that new Education Minister Nadhim Zahawi turned into present, however that he left early because he felt "it changed into a bizarre and uncomfortable occasion".
Mr Watt introduced: "It's well worth stating that he has been to the event earlier than - it really is earlier than he changed into elected an MP in 2010 - but as I apprehend it, he felt that the event then became completely different to the occasion that he attended closing week."
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