{"id":223,"date":"2014-07-31T18:37:23","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T18:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/?p=223"},"modified":"2020-01-13T10:20:35","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T10:20:35","slug":"ex-cnn-technician-files-suit-for-discrimination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/ex-cnn-technician-files-suit-for-discrimination\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-CNN Technician Files Suit for Discrimination"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An employee known for his colorful suits has filed his own discrimination lawsuit against CNN.<\/p>\n<p>In 2002, <a title=\"William Kane\" href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2014\/05\/22\/cnn-staffer-was-fired-for-track-suits-piers-morgan-loved-suit\/\">William Kane<\/a> began working for news network CNN as a microphone technician. During his tenure with CNN, Mr. Kane was known for his colorful clothing, including mariachi and tracksuits in differing bold colors.<\/p>\n<p>Coupled with matching sombrero, Mr. Kane was admired on the CNN set. Anchor Christine Amanpour tweeted a picture of herself smiling with Mr. Kane, and anchor Erin Burnett referred to Mr. Kane as the \u201cbest-dressed man\u201d working on her program. Mr. Kane also enjoyed the loose tradition of other technical department employees who wore colorful shirts on <strong>Thursdays each week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the $60 million lawsuits recently filed against CNN by Mr. Kane, the civil treatment he enjoyed at his workplace changed when his supervisor learned he was gay. Mr<strong>.\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Kane alleges the following:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>John Silva, the immediate supervisor of Mr. Kane, told him he did not want him to wear his black or yellow mariachi suits.<\/li>\n<li>According to Mr. Silver, the request was made \u201cbecause it was too flamboyant for a male in our department.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Later, Mr. Silver added Mr. Kane might be better suited if employed in the \u201centertainment or make-up department.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mr. Kane notes Anderson Cooper, who is openly gay, overheard Mr. Silva berate Mr. Kane for wearing a red tracksuit.<br \/>\nPeople who suffer <a title=\"discriminaci\u00f3n\" href=\"https:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/employment-law\/employment-discrimination\/new-york-city\/\">discriminaci\u00f3n<\/a> on the basis of <a title=\"Sexual Orientation Discrimination\" href=\"https:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/employment-law\/sexual-orientation-discrimination\/new-york-city\/\">sexual orientation<\/a> often quit or lose jobs. In the case of Mr. Kane, he was <a title=\"Despido injustificado\" href=\"https:\/\/discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/employment-law\/wrongful-termination\/new-york-city\/\">fired<\/a> in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>If you suffer discrimination or harassment on the job in New York due to your sexual orientation, speak with an experienced employment and labor attorney for skilled legal guidance.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An employee known for his colorful suits has filed his own discrimination lawsuit against CNN. In 2002, William Kane began working for news network CNN as a microphone technician. During his tenure with CNN, Mr. Kane was known for his colorful clothing, including mariachi and tracksuits in differing bold colors. Coupled with matching sombrero, Mr. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/ex-cnn-technician-files-suit-for-discrimination\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Ex-CNN Technician Files Suit for Discrimination&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"Ex-CNN Technician Files Suit for Discrimination  | Derek Smith Law Group, PLLC","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[29,7,9,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-employment-discrimination","category-new-jersey-lawyer","category-new-york-city-lawyer","category-philadelphia-lawyer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dev.discriminationandsexualharassmentlawyers.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}