Two white cameramen who are suing NBC -- claiming the network is racist -- allege the network has a pattern of protecting itself and sweeping misconduct under the rug ... and they are pointing to the Tom Brokaw and Matt Lauer cases. Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino were cameramen on 'The Tonight Show' with Jimmy Fallon, until they got fired for receiving racist text messages from a 'Tonight Show' stagehand. They claim they were singled out by Questlove,...
- 5/7/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Lawyers for NBCUniversal and Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon bandleader Questlove asked the New York Supreme Court to move a discrimination suit filed by two former show crew members to arbitration or dismiss it altogether. The filing (read it here) came today in response to a suit filed in January by Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino, longtime camera operators who claim they were fired after both were recipients of "an unsolicited racist and misogynist text message from…...
- 3/17/2018
- Deadline TV
Questlove has responded after learning two white former camera operators at “The Tonight Show” were suing him and NBC for racial discrimination. The Roots musician, real name Ahmir Thompson, hit out at the claims, made by Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino, via his representative. Questlove’s spokesperson told The Blast that the star “denies the ridiculous...
- 1/25/2018
- by Becca Longmire
- ET Canada
NBC has been slapped with a lawsuit by two men who allege that they were fired as camera operators on “The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon” because they are white. In the lawsuit filed in New York Supreme Court on Wednesday, Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino also allege that Questlove (above), the drummer of “Tonight Show” house band The Roots, demanded their firing. Decker and Cimino say that they had more than 40 combined years of “spotless” employment at NBC. However, they say, on June 19, 2017, while working on “The Tonight Show,” they received an “unsolicited racist and misogynist text”...
- 1/24/2018
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
6:00 Pm Pt -- A rep for Questlove tells us he denies the "ridiculous allegations" in this suit, adding ... "Racism is Real and exists throughout the world and for these gentlemen to claim victim is not only disrespectful to Questlove and his band mates, but to all that truly endure racism on a daily basis." 3:36 Pm Pt -- A rep for NBC tells us, "NBC is committed to providing a work environment in which...
- 1/24/2018
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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