BUFFALO, N.Y. — Fox News' Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly, CBS This Morning host Charlie Rose, and now longtime NBC Today Show host Matt Lauer: four powerful high profile journalists, all fired following allegations of workplace sexual harassment.

“I think we always knew, many of us had always heard about the casting couch, but now women have found their voices and have found the courage to come forward, and in numbers, there's a certain amount of strength and courage that they lend each other. I think we're seeing a lot of that and women are saying, ‘boy, if Jane Smith had the courage to complain then what's wrong with me? I should have the courage as well.’ I think we're seeing a lot of that," Cohen and Lombardo Attorney Maryann Saccomando-Freedman said.

Saccomando-Freedman applauds the fact that more women are coming forward to tell their stories about harassment, but she also worries about those who may be terminated simply based on an accusation.

"But what's happening when you are seeing these people being fired, that's not a criminal charge. And, yes, as a lawyer, I'm concerned that people are losing their livelihoods based on accusations that have not been proved," said Saccomando-Freedman.

"On the one hand, we want to believe the accuser, we want to provide empathy, we want to say ‘OK, we'll be there for you, we're going to take care of this, we're going to make sure that justice is done.’ The flip side of this, which can be a little awkward, is due process," said James Lemoine, professor, UB School of Management.

Lemoine says sexual harassment allegations are treated differently than an alleged crime because there is no statute of limitations.

"Maybe your idea of justice is that an accused should be punished. If that's so, what good is a statute of limitations? What is the right thing to do here? We're all going to have different ideas on what it is. If it's just following the law? Great, let's talk about how long ago it was. But if it's about preventing it from happening or punishing people who've done something wrong, then how relevant is that really?" said Lemoine.

Either way, Saccomando-Freedman says this is an issue that we all have to come to grips with.

"The good news is that society is being reawakened to the fact that we have a problem. That's the good news. The bad news is that we have a problem," said Saccomando- Freedman.