WFTX (Ft. Myers) former Anchor Jane Monreal has amended her lawsuit against the Scripps-owned station.

Monreal has tacked on an age discrimination claim to her federal lawsuit against the station.

Monreal, who had been a weekday evening anchor and investigative reporter for WFTX from 2017 to December 2021.

She filed her lawsuit in Florida's Middle District Court in January.

Monreal, 51, alleges the discrimination began after WFTX after Scripps hired General Manager Evan Pappas early last year, three months after the media organization awarded her a three-year employment contract as an anchor/multimedia journalist.

In her supplemental complaint filed on April 6, she says the station and Pappas also "sabotaged her and her older team members by not providing the evening news team with appropriate marketing and support."

FTVLive has heard from a number of WFTX insiders that have claimed that Pappas has been trying to rid the station of older/higher paid employees and hiring younger/cheaper staff in their place.

At the time of her departure, the evening team was made up of Monreal, chief meteorologist Derek Beasley, meteorologist Cindy Preszler, and anchor Patrick Nolan.

All four were told the station was not renewing or was ending their contracts late last year, court records show.

H/T News-Press