August 23, 2013
Attorneys for celebrity chef Paula Deen and a former employee who accused Deen and her brother of sexual harassment and discrimination have agreed to dismiss the proceedings with prejudice and without any award of costs or fees, according to a document filed in Georgia federal court on Friday.
August 12, 2013
A Georgia federal judge on Monday tossed the racial discrimination claims that a white former employee filed against celebrity chef Paula Deen and a restaurant Deen and her brother own, finding the worker was not the target of the alleged bias she had complained of.
July 26, 2013
A Georgia federal judge on Friday refused a request by Atlanta media outlets to unseal documents in the high-profile harassment suit against Paula Deen, in which the celebrity chef admitted in a deposition to having used racially offensive language.
July 11, 2013
Celebrity chef Paula Deen has ditched her former legal team in a harassment dispute with a former employee, in which she admitted in a deposition to having used racially offensive language, according to a filing Thursday in Georgia federal court.
June 25, 2013
Celebrity chef Paula Deen's harassment dispute with a former employee, in which Deen admitted during a deposition to having used the N-word, took another turn Friday when a lawyer asked for sanctions against the plaintiff, asserting that she lacks standing to bring race bias claims.