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05-03-2003, 04:49 PM
Fox sports show personnel sued for alleged sexual harassment (http://www.montereyherald.com/mld/montereyherald/news/5759014.htm)
LOS ANGELES -A lawsuit filed by a hairstylist for Fox Sports Network's "Best Damn Sports Show Period" alleges sexual harassment against host John Salley and some others involved with the show.
Lisa Brescher, 29, began working for the show in August 2001 and from the first day "was subjected to an environment of unrestrained sexual harassment," according to a Superior Court lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Fox Sports Networks said in a statement Thursday that an internal investigation could corroborate none of Brescher's allegations.
"Unfortunately, this is a case where a disgruntled worker thinks that there is money to be made by making outlandish accusations against a high-profile company and its stars," Fox spokesman Lou D'Ermilio said in a statement.
Brescher left the show on a disability claim in February, the lawsuit said. She is seeking unspecified damages. It wasn't immediately known whether the disability was due to the alleged harassment or some other injury.
A telephone number for Salley's agent provided by Fox Sports Network rang unanswered several times Thursday. A call placed to another number for the agent, Susan Haber, was not immediately returned.
Besides Salley, the lawsuit named News Corp., Fox Entertainment Group, Fox Sports Net and producer and co-host Tom Arnold.
It alleges that Salley, who played for the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons, made unwelcome sexual advances.
When Arnold learned of the allegations, he allegedly replied that he "didn't care," the lawsuit said.
Arnold allegedly branded Brescher "a troublemaker" and claimed Arnold banned her from the set, causing her "extreme anguish, severe humiliation, embarrassment and emotional distress," the suit stated.
Arnold insisted Brescher was not allowed on the set because of her "continued arguing and excessive talking with other staff members," his publicist, Staci Wolfe, said Thursday.
"The retaliation claims against (Arnold) are specious and without merit, and he has not engaged in any wrongful conduct with respect to this individual," Wolfe said.
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Sounds like a slimy money making scheme to me...
LOS ANGELES -A lawsuit filed by a hairstylist for Fox Sports Network's "Best Damn Sports Show Period" alleges sexual harassment against host John Salley and some others involved with the show.
Lisa Brescher, 29, began working for the show in August 2001 and from the first day "was subjected to an environment of unrestrained sexual harassment," according to a Superior Court lawsuit filed Wednesday.
Fox Sports Networks said in a statement Thursday that an internal investigation could corroborate none of Brescher's allegations.
"Unfortunately, this is a case where a disgruntled worker thinks that there is money to be made by making outlandish accusations against a high-profile company and its stars," Fox spokesman Lou D'Ermilio said in a statement.
Brescher left the show on a disability claim in February, the lawsuit said. She is seeking unspecified damages. It wasn't immediately known whether the disability was due to the alleged harassment or some other injury.
A telephone number for Salley's agent provided by Fox Sports Network rang unanswered several times Thursday. A call placed to another number for the agent, Susan Haber, was not immediately returned.
Besides Salley, the lawsuit named News Corp., Fox Entertainment Group, Fox Sports Net and producer and co-host Tom Arnold.
It alleges that Salley, who played for the Chicago Bulls, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Detroit Pistons, made unwelcome sexual advances.
When Arnold learned of the allegations, he allegedly replied that he "didn't care," the lawsuit said.
Arnold allegedly branded Brescher "a troublemaker" and claimed Arnold banned her from the set, causing her "extreme anguish, severe humiliation, embarrassment and emotional distress," the suit stated.
Arnold insisted Brescher was not allowed on the set because of her "continued arguing and excessive talking with other staff members," his publicist, Staci Wolfe, said Thursday.
"The retaliation claims against (Arnold) are specious and without merit, and he has not engaged in any wrongful conduct with respect to this individual," Wolfe said.
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Sounds like a slimy money making scheme to me...