Jemele Hill denies claims in lawsuit she was racially abused by Chris Berman at ESPN

ESPN’s Jemele Hill has denied allegations in a lawsuit that claims Chris Berman, for years the face of the broadcaster, left a racially abusive voicemail for her in 2016.

The claim is part of a suit filed on Sunday by former ESPN employee Adrienne Lawrence, who alleges the broadcaster is “rife with misogyny” and enabled an atmosphere that allowed sexual harassment.

According to Lawrence’s suit: “In early 2016, ESPN’s The Undefeated personality Jemele Hill received a threatening and racially disparaging voicemail from Berman on her ESPN phone line. After Hill notified executive Marcia Keegan about the matter and forwarded the voicemail to her, nothing was done. Despite his continued and repeated misconduct toward women, Berman remains a celebrated and welcome ESPN employee.”

However, on Monday night Hill rebutted the allegations. While admitting she had clashed with Berman she sai:d “Chris never left any racially disparaging remarks on my voicemail and our conflict was handled swiftly and with the utmost professionalism.”


Source : theguardian