Former Detroit Tv News Anchor Sues Her Old Station For Sex Discrimination, Says Male Co-anchor Got Better Assignments And Schedule

A erstwhile Detroit TV news anchor revenge a national suit Wednesday alleging that she was fired aft complaining astir activity discrimination — and accused nan station's genitor institution of letting antheral labor get distant pinch a laundry database of bad behavior.

Taryn Asher is seeking unspecified damages from Fox Television Stations and its owned-and-operated WJBK TV station, besides known arsenic Fox 2 Detroit.

Asher’s 24-page title cites a bid of examples of really her antheral co-anchor, Roop Raj, was allegedly treated "more favorably" than her, including by receiving much assignments to question and reply guests.

Asher besides alleges that WJBK allowed Raj to "circumvent and undermine" her earlier it fired her complete allegations that were "substantially little terrible than behaviour which similarly-situated antheral labor engaged successful without akin adverse action."

"If Asher had not been female, she would not person been treated successful nan aforesaid discriminatory manner," her filing says.

The antheral Fox labor who Asher says weren't fired see Raj, who was "merely suspended" for 2 weeks aft a 2012 driving nether nan power arrest, and WJBK position wide head Paul McGonagle, who was promoted aft getting arrested for driving while intoxicated erstwhile he was astatine a different Fox station, according to her lawsuit.

Asher's suit besides cited nan 2013 disorderly behaviour apprehension of then-WJBK newsman Charlie LeDuff, nan alleged "severe anger issues and convulsive tendencies" of Fox's vice president of streaming content, an unidentified worker who allegedly shouted "F***" astatine a coworker, a "longtime antheral anchor" accused of repeated "sexually inappropriate comments" and 2 labor accused of "egregious intersexual harassment of a female greeting news anchor."

Neither Fox Television Stations, WJBK, Raj, McGonagle nor LeDuff instantly returned inquiries from The Independent.

Asher's lawsuit, first reported by nan Deadline Detroit website, says she "devoted nan mostly of her master journalistic profession to Fox" and became a "trusted and beloved fixture of nan Metro Community" aft being hired arsenic a news anchor successful 2007 and promoted to evening news lead anchor successful 2022.

But aft Fox named McGonagle WJBK's wide head successful 2025, Asher says she "noticed an alarming shape of female labor successful activity positions being terminated and replaced by men."

In summation to getting less impermanent interviews than Raj, Asher alleges that WJBK refused to set her schedule truthful she could big a show called "Let It Rip," contempt doing truthful for Raj erstwhile he began hosting a show called "The Pulse."

On October 31, Asher says, she emailed McGonagle astir that situation, saying, "I’m concerned astir nan deficiency of equilibrium and equity, peculiarly compared to my co-anchor who holds nan aforesaid responsibilities but has a much accommodating schedule."

Three days later, she met pinch McGonagle, who allegedly refused to set her schedule and said her "Let It Rip" show would beryllium put "on hold."

The adjacent day, which was Election Day, Asher arrived astatine activity and learned that Raj had been assigned each nan election-related impermanent interviews, prompting her to kick to 2 producers and Raj.

That led to an email from nan station's quality resources head and a gathering nan adjacent day, during which Asher was put connected time off pending an investigation into complaints of "egregious behavior," according to her lawsuit, which besides accuses Raj of telling nan quality resources section that she was "jealous" and had "an rumor pinch men vs. women."

After different gathering connected November 14, Asher says, she was fired complete alleged "outbursts," though she ne'er received a termination missive and has since been told that her employment will extremity successful June and that her statement won't beryllium renewed.