A former editor for “PBS NewsHour” filed a lawsuit Thursday, saying that he was wrongfully fired due to his gender after he made an “innocuous” remark about Meghan Markle.
According to the suit, filed by Hugh Heckman in federal court in New York, he came aboardas a writer/editor for “PBS NewsHour Weekend,” which is produced by WNET in New York, in 2015, and “performed his job duties well and received numerous compliments and accolades from managers and co-workers.”
Despite that, Heckman says, he was shown the door in November 2017, shortly after commenting on a photo of Markle.
” On November 25, 2017, Plaintiff was at work on a story in his capacity as News Writer regarding the Royal Family of Britain, specifically His Royal Highness Prince Henry of Wales, Duke of Sussex, and his then-fiancee, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (née Meghan Markle) (the ‘Duchess’),” the suit reads.