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CBS Television Studios has been sued by a writer on Matlock, who accuses the show’s top brass of directing disparaging sexual and racist comments at him and other Black cast and crew members.
The writer, John Lowe, alleges in a lawsuit filed on Wednesday in California state court that Matlock‘s showrunner and executive producers created a hostile work environment “permeated by sexually explicit and discriminatory conduct.” He was terminated after allegedly reporting an incident in which his supervisor referred to Juneteenth as “Coonteenth.”
“It’s vicious in a writers room as a Black creative,” Lowe claims, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. “You’re either treated like a threat or a pet.”
The lawsuit names CBS Television Studios, Matlock showrunner Jennie Snyder Urman and executive producers Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber. It seeks unspecified damages and brings claims for hostile work environment and failure to prevent harassment.
