MPR says Garrison Keillor wasn't fired for simply touching 'a woman's bare back'

Garrison Keillor, most famous as the creator and host of “A Prairie Home Companion” on Minnesota Public Radio, in St. Paul, Minn., June 9, 2016. Keillor told The Associated Press in an email on Nov. 29, 2017, that he had been fired by the radio network over allegations of improper behavior. (Ackerman + Gruber/Copyright 2018 The New York Times)

For weeks, Garrison Keillor's initial belief that he was "fired" from Minnesota Public Radio last November for simply touching "a woman's bare back" hung in the air, tempting his biggest fans with the hope that perhaps the creator of "A Prairie Home Companion" had been wrongly accused.

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