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http://www.businessweek.com/article...cial-discrimination-claims-against-paula-deen
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed the racial discrimination claims against celebrity chef Paula Deen made by a former employee. Other claims in the suit, including allegations of sexual harassment, are still pending.
The plaintiff, Lisa Jackson, worked for five years as general manager of Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House, a restaurant in Savananah, Ga., that Deen co-owns with her brother Bubba Hiers. In a lawsuit filed last year, Jackson alleged that during her time at Uncle Bubba’s she was routinely subjected to an abusive work environment full of sexual impropriety, boorish behavior, and racist remarks. Earlier this summer, revelations from the lawsuit—particularly Deen’s admission in a deposition that she had previously used a racial epithet—touched off a storm of public anger against Deen, resulting in the sudden collapse of much of her national branding business and the cancelation of her shows on the Food Network.
On Monday, the judge in the case ruled that Jackson, who is white, has no standing to sue her former employer for racial discrimination. ”We are pleased with the court’s ruling today,” a publicist for Deen said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.
On Monday, a federal judge dismissed the racial discrimination claims against celebrity chef Paula Deen made by a former employee. Other claims in the suit, including allegations of sexual harassment, are still pending.
The plaintiff, Lisa Jackson, worked for five years as general manager of Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House, a restaurant in Savananah, Ga., that Deen co-owns with her brother Bubba Hiers. In a lawsuit filed last year, Jackson alleged that during her time at Uncle Bubba’s she was routinely subjected to an abusive work environment full of sexual impropriety, boorish behavior, and racist remarks. Earlier this summer, revelations from the lawsuit—particularly Deen’s admission in a deposition that she had previously used a racial epithet—touched off a storm of public anger against Deen, resulting in the sudden collapse of much of her national branding business and the cancelation of her shows on the Food Network.
On Monday, the judge in the case ruled that Jackson, who is white, has no standing to sue her former employer for racial discrimination. ”We are pleased with the court’s ruling today,” a publicist for Deen said in a statement sent to the Associated Press.