Paula Deen: No racial discrimination case, says judge
Paula Deen used the 'N' word, but a Georgia judge ruled that there was no basis for a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a former white employee. Paula Deen was dropped by the Food Network and other sponsors after she acknowledged using racial slurs.
Paula Deen used the 'N' word, but a Georgia judge ruled that there was no basis for a racial discrimination lawsuit brought by a former white employee. Paula Deen was dropped by the Food Network and other sponsors after she acknowledged using racial slurs.
A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out race discrimination claims by a former Savannah restaurant manager whose lawsuit against Paula Deen ended up causing the celebrity cook to lose a big slice of her culinary empire.
Lisa Jackson sued Deen and her brother, Bubba Hiers, last year saying she was subjected to sexual harassment and racist attitudes during the five years she worked at their restaurant, Uncle Bubba's Seafood and Oyster House.
As 海角大神 (and others) reported in June, "the now former Food Network star and Savannah, Ga., restaurateur said in a May deposition ... that 鈥渙f course鈥� she had used the word, but not in a 鈥渕ean way.鈥�
聽But U.S. District Court Judge William T. Moore Jr. ruled Monday that Jackson, who is white, has no standing to sue them for race discrimination.
The ruling leaves intact Jackson's sexual harassment claims.
The Food Network and other business partners dropped Deen after she acknowledged using racial slurs in the past during questioning by Jackson's lawyers.
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