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According to the lawsuit, 58-year-old Joseph E. Jerome was one of three White men over the age of 50 fired from Paramount in 2024 and replaced by younger, more diverse workers. Jerome had worked for Paramount since 1994 and most recently worked as production counsel for "Entertainment Tonight," before being replaced with a Black employee decades younger than him, the suit alleges.
Jerome's attorneys cited Paramount's company-wide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, pointing out that all attorneys fired in 2024 were White and over 50.
Paramount declined to comment to Fox News Digital on the lawsuit.
The lawsuit was filed after Paramount and CBS quietly settled another lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against straight, White male employees in April. That lawsuit alleged that former "SEAL Team" script coordinator and writer Brian Beneker was denied career advancement because he did not "check any diversity boxes."
The first of many such lawsuits, I'm guessing.
Companies were so blatant with their discriminatory practices after 2020 that it won't be hard for a good lawyer to show a pattern of unlawful behavior.
The plaintiffs will likely get a big settlement out of court in order to avoid discovery and deposition of key leaders, which could expose them to criminal charges under the Civil Rights Act.
