A former ABC News field producer has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit accusing CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman of sexualized workplace harassment, claims that land just months after Gutman's high-profile hire under CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Samira Said, who worked in ABC News's Los Angeles bureau from May 2021 until her termination on March 5, […] The post CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman faces harassment allegations in wrongful-termination lawsuit by former ABC News producer appeared first on American Almanac .
A former ABC News field producer has filed a wrongful-termination lawsuit accusing CBS News chief correspondent Matt Gutman of sexualized workplace harassment, claims that land just months after Gutman's high-profile hire under CBS editor-in-chief Bari Weiss. Samira Said, who worked in ABC News's Los Angeles bureau from May 2021 until her termination on March 5, 2025, filed the suit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court. The complaint names Gutman, ABC News, and The Walt Disney Co. as defendants, alleging a hostile work environment, harassment, denial of medical accommodations, and wrongful termination, The Hollywood Reporter reported . Neither Gutman's representative, ABC News, nor CBS News responded to requests for comment before…Open
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts. Why it matters: The guns, and a surprise musical performance organized by the congressman, are additional examples of Edwards allegedly singling out the young female staffers for unusually personal attention, conduct that is now at the center of a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. - Edwards gave one staffer a blue handgun engraved with her name and the other a pink handgun. Both gifts occurred in North Carolina. - A lawyer for one of the former staffers told…
Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-N.C.) gave two young female staffers each a personalized handgun as a present while they worked in his office in 2024, according to two sources with direct knowledge of the gifts. Why it matters: The guns, and a surprise musical performance organized by the congressman, are additional examples of Edwards allegedly singling out the young female staffers for unusually personal attention, conduct that is now at the center of a House Ethics Committee investigation into alleged sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. - Edwards gave one staffer a blue handgun engraved with her name and the other a pink handgun. Both gifts occurred in North Carolina. - A lawyer for one of the former staffers told…Open
A 29-year-old man on a Turkish Airlines flight bound for Düsseldorf allegedly refused to sit next to a woman, cited Sharia law as his reason, and then slapped a female flight attendant in the face when she confronted him. German federal police met the aircraft after it landed at Düsseldorf Airport on June 1 and […] The post Passenger on Turkey-to-Germany flight allegedly cited Sharia law to refuse seat next to woman, then slapped flight attendant appeared first on American Almanac .
A 29-year-old man on a Turkish Airlines flight bound for Düsseldorf allegedly refused to sit next to a woman, cited Sharia law as his reason, and then slapped a female flight attendant in the face when she confronted him. German federal police met the aircraft after it landed at Düsseldorf Airport on June 1 and opened an investigation into the incident, the Daily Mail reported , citing the German newspaper Bild. The suspect, described as a German national with a Turkish background, has reportedly confessed. No arrest, formal charges, or specific legal penalties have been publicly announced. Turkish Airlines has not responded to requests for comment. If the facts hold up under investigation, this case puts two issues on the same tray…Open
A May lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission claims the newspaper discriminated against a white male employee who did not get a promotion.
Shoko Kawata is the first mayor to take maternity leave in Japan’s history. Her decision has prompted debate about gender discrimination in the work force.
The subject of a recent high-profile trial filed a lawsuit against two police agencies, alleging that two officers involved in investigating her had exchanged racist and misogynistic messages.
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