Oprah Hit With Lawsuit by Ex-Employee For Discrimination

Sexual discrimination at the Oprah Winfrey Network, OWN? That is what Carolyn Hommel claimed in her lawsuit, filed Friday, accusing the OWN network of sexual discrimination. She said she was fired after getting pregnant!

Via TMZ:

According to a lawsuit filed Friday, Carolyn Hommel claims she was hired in 2010 as senior director of scheduling and acquisitions at Oprah’s OWN network. Hommel claims she was told she was on-track to become a VP, but says things took a sudden turn when she became pregnant.

According to Hommel … her duties were slowly transferred to a temporary employee and she was excluded from meetings when she returned from medical leave. Hommel claims she was let go ONE MONTH after giving birth and told to re-apply for the VP gig … only to be passed over.

Furthermore, Hommel claims her boss, Michael Garner, fabricated a performance review that “made Hommel’s job duties and responsibilities appear less ‘senior’ and therefore not a candidate for the new vice president position.”

Hommel allegees her dismissal was a direct result of her becoming pregnant and requiring a medical leave.

Let us see how far this lawsuit will go.