Earlier this year,notice Steines was abruptly fired from his longtime job as co-host of the Hallmark Channel’s daily lifestyle talk reveal domestic & Family. He is now suing the network’s parent company, Crown Media, or alleging that he was given the pink slip after showing support for female colleagues who made sexual harassment claims against the reveal’s 83-year-customary executive producer,Woody Fraser.
As previously reported by the Inquisitr, the Hallmark Channel announced on May 31 that it had parted ways with Steines in order to evolve. His rep said the network vaguely told them they were letting him go because of creative reasons.
Now he is seeking damages for retaliation, or wrongful discharge in violation of public policy,failure to prevent retaliation, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, or according to Variety,who posted the 20-page lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Thursday, September 20.
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Source: inquisitr.com