Hydro One rehires man fired after FHRITP incident

Hydro One says it has rehired anemployee it fired foracomment he made in support ofa friend who yelled obscenitiesat a female reporterduring a live television interview.

DaffydRoderick, Hydro One's directorof corporate affairs,released a statement on Monday confirming ShawnSimoeshas been rehired.

"There is an arbitration process in place. Hydro One made its views very clear," he wrote.

"This matter was resolved through the arbitration process. We will not comment any further on the matter."

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Simoes, while off-duty,appeared onCityNewswith ShaunaHunt at the Toronto FC home opener in May.

His friend yelled"f--k her right in the p---y" while the reporter was broadcasting live from the game.

The practice of yelling the crude phrase startedlast year after it was featured in a fake newscast blooper that went viral online.

Simoes called hisfriend's use of the sexually explicit taunt"f------hilarious"before telling the reporter she was lucky they didn't have a vibrator.

Shortly after the incident,Hydro One fired the Simoesin connection with the lewd comments.