Five Spectrum NY1 anchors who sued Charter Communications for age and gender discrimination last year will leave the news station as part of a settlement.
“We are pleased to announce that we have reached a confidential resolution of our case against Charter / NY1. After a long dialogue with NY1, we believe that it is in everyone’s interest – ours, NY1 and our viewers – that this dispute be resolved and we mutually agree to separate, ”anchors and reporters Roma Torre, Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci said in a joint statement on Thursday. “We want to thank everyone who supported us during those times – know that each person’s support has made a real difference.”
Other terms of the agreement, including any monetary payments, were not disclosed.
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Last year, Torre, Shaughnessy, Ramirez, Lee and Farinacci – who were between 40 and 61 at the time – accused NY1, a local New York 24-hour news station and parent company Charter Communications of repeatedly discriminating against older women for offering more opportunities and anchor for younger and less experienced reporters and anchors.
At the time, a spokesman for Charter Communications said the company had completed a “thorough review” and “found no merit” for the allegations.
“We are pleased to announce that we have reached a confidential settlement of the lawsuit filed by Roma Torre, Kristen Shaughnessy, Jeanine Ramirez, Vivian Lee and Amanda Farinacci and, as a result, we mutually agreed to separate. We want to thank them for their years of dedicated service in reporting the news to New Yorkers and we wish them well in their future endeavors, ”said a Spectrum Networks spokesman in a statement.