Miami Reporter Settles Lawsuit Against CBS Just Before the Trail Starts
It was a long process, but it appears to be finally over for a former Miami Reporter.
Back in September of 2014, FTVLive told you that WFOR (Miami) Reporter Michele Gillen went missing from the station.
At the time, the longtime Reporter walked out after a nasty, public tongue-lashing about her work from colleague Jim DeFede. She returned to the station in November 2014.
In 2016 the station did not renew her contract and in 2018, FTVLive told you she was suing the station and parent company CBS O&O for discrimination.
On the eve of her trial getting started, CBS agreed to a settlement.
In her suit, Gillen pointed to "toxic misogyny," which she blamed as the reason her contract wasn't renewed. Later in the case, she alleged that her WFOR superiors hatched a scheme for her firing by giving her a story reporting quota without the resources to succeed.
In the final days before trial, a controversy erupted over whether CBS CEO Joe Ianniello would have to testify. CBS argued his testimony was irrelevant while Gillen wished to address a company-wide memo in the wake of the Les Moonves investigation and any communications between CBS' leader and those running the Florida station. CBS also wished to preclude any #MeToo testimony, that is, other alleged examples of harassment or bias in the workplace.
The judge had yet to rule on the matter, but the issue was overtaken by a notice of resolution filed by the parties on Tuesday night.
Terms of the agreement weren't made public.