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Celebrity gossip website TMZ is run as a sexually abusive boys club, a woman writer says in a complaint of harassment, retaliation and wrongful firing.
Catherine "Taryn" Hillin sued TMZ Productions, EHM Productions, Warner Bros., and her direct supervisor, executive producer Evan Rosenblum, in Superior Court.
Hillin began working for TMZ in February 2012 as a producer, she says in the lawsuit. She says she "was the only female writer on the defendants' website staff. Immediately after her employment commenced with defendants, plaintiff learned that defendant TMZ was known as a 'boys club' that favored the male employees over the female employees. In fact, another employee told plaintiff at the start of her employment, 'Good luck being a girl writer.' Plaintiff learned that defendant usually fire the female writers within weeks and there was only one female writer who previously worked for defendants for approximately nine (9) months."
She claims that Rosenblum "made derogatory and discriminatory comments" to her, "including, 'Don't be a girl,' and 'Never cry in front of me.'"...
She says the sexual harassment and bias included pay scales and opportunities for promotion, as well the hostile, sexist work environment.
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