The worldwide leader in sports has been engulfed in a lawsuit battle with one of their own employees--longtime SportsCenter anchor Sage Steele. Steele sued the network in April for claiming ESPN violated her freedom of speech rights that are protected under the First Amendment. The network also claims "creation and broadcast of shows qualifies as protected speech," meaning that ESPN removing Steele from broadcast and allowing employees to forego appearances with her qualifies as freedom of expression. “The current leadership at Disney continues to denigrate talent disregarding not only their first amendment rights but also employee privacy. Steele also alleged that ESPN removed her from their annual ESPNW Summit, which she had emceed since 2010.

Source: Washington Post June 18, 2022 02:08 UTC