Ms. Gotthelf says in the complaint that in November she told the current editor, Mr. Poole, who joined the paper last year, about her experiences with Mr. Allan when they were discussing her contract, which was up for renewal. Two months later, Mr. Poole fired her, according to the complaint. On Tuesday, Mr. Poole announced Ms. Gotthelf’s departure in an email to the staff, writing, “I hope you will join me in wishing her the best for the future.”
A spokeswoman for News Corporation and The Post said in a statement: “Any suggestion of wrongdoing related to the management changes announced today is meritless.” Mr. Allan did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Ms. Gotthelf is represented by Wigdor, a New York firm specializing in employment law and led by Douglas Wigdor, who has sued Fox News, the cable news channel led by Mr. Murdoch, on behalf of more than two dozen people alleging discrimination. One group of those suits resulted in a $10 million settlement between 18 plaintiffs and the Fox News parent company.
The Post faced a lawsuit similar to Ms. Gotthelf’s in 2009, when the journalist Sandra Guzman accused the paper and Mr. Allan of firing her after she complained about a hostile workplace environment. The suit was settled in 2013, and the terms were not disclosed.
In an interview on Tuesday, Ms. Gotthelf said she had “a tabloid heart, a tabloid sensibility,” adding, “I never wanted to be the news, but women should not be treated like this in the workplace.”
Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/18/business/media/ny-post-discrimination-lawsuit.html
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