The general music director of the city of Cologne, François-Xavier Roth, is said to have harassed female colleagues with offensive text messages and pictures.
François-Xavier Roth, general music director of the city of Cologne and bandmaster of the Gürzenich Orchestra, is confronted with massive allegations of sexual harassment against female colleagues. According to research by the French satirical weekly newspaper The Chained Duck The 52-year-old sent text messages of a sexual nature as well as pictures of penises to female musicians.