Tegna Denies Age/Sex Discrimination
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Former WOI (Des Moines) News Director April Samp sued the station and parent company Tegna for age and sex discrimination.
Samp was let go in December 2019.
Her case against the company was moved to federal court and now Tegna has filed their claim to the charges against them.
Tegna argues that Samp and the other women were fired or pushed out for legitimate business reasons unrelated to their sex, and that "even if (Samp) is able to prove that a prohibited factor motivated any adverse employment action by any Defendant, Defendants would have taken the same action even absent such motivation."
No further hearings have yet been scheduled.
