{"id":67626,"date":"2017-11-03T07:00:31","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=67626"},"modified":"2017-11-03T07:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T12:00:31","slug":"webster-public-relations-closes-after-sexual-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/03\/webster-public-relations-closes-after-sexual-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Webster Public Relations Closes After Sexual Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-67627\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/websterpublicrelationsclose001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterpublicrelationsclose001.jpg 750w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterpublicrelationsclose001-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/>Webster Public Relations Closes<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align:center;\"><strong>After Numerous Sexual Assault Claims Against CEO Kirt Webster<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p class=\"post-image \">Webster Public Relations\u2014one of country music\u2019s largest publicity firms that represents artists as far ranging as Dolly Parton to Justin Moore to Kid Rock\u2014has ceased operations after its president and CEO Kirt Webster was accused of sexual assault by a former artist represented by the firm, followed by other sexual assault claims. According to a statement from the company, Webster Public Relations is set to continue operating under the new name Westby Public Relations. The company will continue under the leadership of Jeremy Westby, a longtime colleague of Kirt Webster who was also a publicist for Webster Public Relations. Meanwhile, Webster will take time away from the business to \u201cfocus on combating the egregious and untrue allegations made against him,\u201d the statement says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67628\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67628\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-67628\" src=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy.jpg?w=750\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy.jpg 1953w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/websterclientdinnermain-copy-1568x674.jpg 1568w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67628\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">24 May, 2017 &#8211; Hermitage, TN &#8211; Kirt Webster holds a dinner for his clients at his home.<br \/>Credit: Randi Radcliff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>\u00a0&#8211; Saving Country Music<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Webster Public Relations Closes After Numerous Sexual Assault Claims Against CEO Kirt Webster Webster Public Relations\u2014one of country music\u2019s largest publicity firms that represents artists as far ranging as Dolly Parton to Justin Moore to Kid Rock\u2014has ceased operations after its president and CEO Kirt Webster was accused of sexual assault by a former artist represented by the firm, followed by other sexual assault claims. According to a statement from the company, Webster Public Relations is set to continue operating under the new name Westby Public Relations. The company will<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2017\/11\/03\/webster-public-relations-closes-after-sexual-claims\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67627,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67626"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}