Bob Barker, CBS, And ‘The Price Is Right’ Facing More Lawsuits From Deborah Curling
Who would have guessed Bob Barker was such a prick? From an AP article:
Deborah Curling claimed she was in a “pleasant working environment” for many years screening contestants for the show, but that changed after she testified in a wrongful termination lawsuit brought against Barker by a former production assistant, according to her lawsuit filed Thursday in Superior Court.
Curling claimed she was demoted to working in an “intolerable” working environment in the back stage, forcing her to leave the show last fall.
Curling, who is black, also claimed a hostile work environment in which black employees and black contestants were discriminated against.
“Barker created an atmosphere of terror on the show, as a result of which any employee who complained about the working environment or contradicted Barker was fired,” the lawsuit said.
There are also accounts of “The Price Is Right” producers and execs throwing around racial slurs in this E! article. The article also says that CBS did nothing to stop Barker, even going so far as to pay his legal fees.
I vaguely remember sexual harassment suits against Bob Barker in the past, but never gave it alot of thought. Bob Barker is about as revered in this country as anyone could possibly be, so to find out he may have done these sorts of things is more than a little shocking.
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