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| Victoria Rowell at Thursday's press conference in New York. |
Serial Scoop Now was on hand Thursday morning for a press conference announcing the lawsuit by former
The Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell against Sony Pictures Television, Inc., Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc., Bell Dramatic Serial Company, L.P., Bell-Phillip Television Production Inc., Corday Productions, Inc., and CBS Corporation. The press release below contains additional details and quotes from Ms. Rowell and her attorneys.
Former The Young and the Restless star Victoria Rowell has filed a lawsuit claiming that CBS, Sony Pictures and other media companies refused to rehire her after she advocated for greater diversity among those who worked on the daytime drama. Rowell and her lawyers discussed the complaint at a press conference held steps from CBS headquarters.
“All Ms. Rowell is seeking is basic fairness. We are confident that Ms. Rowell will be rehired if the issueis considered in a serious and non-retaliatory manner,” said Cyrus Mehri, a founding partner of Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, the Washington, DC-based law firm representing Rowell. “Ms. Rowell made Drucilla Winters one of the most compelling characters ever to appear on daytime television. In refusing to re-employ her, the defendants aren’t just hurting Ms. Rowell; they’re acting against their own economic self-interest.”
