Emmy-winning Detroit TV reporter’s home searched by authorities amid sexual harassment probe

The investigator becomes the investigated.

Authorities in Detroit searched the home of an Emmy-winning television reporter who co-hosts a podcast with a Los Angeles Rams player’s wife following alleged sexual misconduct.

Hank Winchester, an investigative reporter at the NBC-affiliated WDIV Local 4 station and host of HelpMeHank, is married to Oakland County Circuit Judge Jacob Cunningham, according to Winchester’s Instagram. The two also share a young daughter.

Beverly Hills Police searched his home alongside the Oakland County Sheriff’s Office while executing a search warrant related to alleged unwanted sexual advances Winchester made toward a man during a massage, as reported by Fox 2.

Winchester also co-hosts “The Morning After” podcast with Kelly Stafford, who is married to LA Rams quarterback Matthew Stafford. The show occasionally features high-profile guests employed by media powerhouses like Access Hollywood and ESPN.

Before joining the Rams, Matthew Stafford played for the Detroit Lions from 2009 to 2020. Winchester has been close with the entire family for years, he wrote in a farewell to the Staffords when they moved to LA in 2021.

Winchester was also placed on administrative leave as a result of the “external investigation,” WDIV Vice President Bob Ellis wrote in a statement.

Todd Flood, Winchester’s attorney, is confident the probe will flop.

“Hank has spent decades bringing truth to our community and fighting for our citizens. Because he holds a high-profile position in our community, that can at times generate false accusations. This investigation will end where it began – nowhere,” he wrote.

No charges have been filed. The investigation is still ongoing.

Winchester isn’t the only media figure to find himself facing similar allegations in recent months.

In April, a disgraced weatherman in Virginia was arrested after allegedly making a sex tape and using it to extort his victims.

Last year, a Louisiana television anchor resigned after he was caught sexting who he thought was a 15-year-old girl but was in reality a vigilante trio dubbed the “predator hunters.”