Consumer Law
A Former News Anchor Files a Discrimination Lawsuit Against Fox4 and Scripps Media
A former Southwest Florida-based WFTX-TV Fox 4 anchor has filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the station’s vice president and owner, Scripps Media, Inc.
In the complaint filed last week in Florida’s Middle District Court, Jane Monreal, who is an Asian woman, claims WFTX sabotaged her broadcasting career when it terminated her contract soon after she voiced complaints about race discrimination at the news station.
Monreal alleges the discrimination began after WFTX hired Evan Pappas as vice president and general manager early last year, three months after the media organization awarded her a three-year employment contract as an anchor/multi-media journalist.
