Anchor Sues Meredith Station
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When Meredith went across the country whacking nearly 200 people on their staff, just before launching a new hiring spree, one of those kicked to the curb was KMOV (St. Louis) Meteorologist Meghan Danahey.
It appears that Danahey is not just going to go away.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that Danahey, whose legal name is Meghan Hodge, has filed a sex and age discrimination lawsuit against the station's owners, Meredith Corporation of Iowa.
In the suit, Danahey also names station news director Scott Diener as a defendant. Danahey claims that Diener's conduct toward her was "intentional or reckless" and "extreme and outrageous."
Diener referred questions to a Meredith spokesperson, who said the company had not yet seen a copy of the lawsuit and therefore would decline comment.
Danahey alleges that in February 2018, Diener planned to remove her from her time slots and reassign them to lead meteorologist Steve Templeton and Kent Ehrhardt, both men.
Her lawsuit claims that after she complained about the pending demotion to her union, SAG-AFTRA, Diener backed off his plan.
The Dispatch write in January 2020, Danahey alleges that Diener demoted her by moving her to weekend broadcasts.
Danahey argues that Diener assigned her to perform general-reporting duties, even though she had no experience in that area. She filed a formal grievance with her union that same month.
The station eventually fired Danahey in September.
In her suit, Danahey argues that the actions by the station and Diener have damaged her earning potential and that she also "suffered extreme emotional distress and physical harm."
