TV sports reporter Colleen Dominguez, 54, claims age and gender discrimination in lawsuit against Fox Sports 1
- Colleen Dominguez filed a lawsuit in California against Fox Sports 1
- In the suit she alleges they are guilty of age and gender discrimination
- Dominguez, 54, claims assignments were withheld from her and that they refused to air stories she initiated on her own
- She claims she was hired in 2014 as a key sports personality for them after leaving ESPN where she worked from 2003 to 2014
Veteran television sports reporter Colleen Dominguez is accusing Fox Sports 1 of age and gender discrimination in a lawsuit she filed against her employer.
The 54-year-old is alleging that assignments were withheld from her and that Fox Sports 1 refused to air those she initiated on her own.
In a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Dominguez claims she was hired as a key sports personality with experience in most major sports.
Fox Sports 1, in an email from Vice President Dan Bell, said the company was declining comment.
Lawsuit: Veteran television sports reporter Colleen Dominguez (above) is accusing Fox Sports 1 of age and gender discrimination in a lawsuit she filed against her employer
The 54-year-old is alleging that assignments were withheld from her and that Fox Sports 1 refused to air those she initiated on her own
Prior to joining Fox Sports, Dominguez worked for NBC Network News from 1996 to 2003 and for ESPN from 2003 to 2014.
Ten months before her contract with ESPN expired, she said she was recruited by Fox and she signed a contract with them on March 1, 2014.
Dominguez quoted several critical comments that were allegedly made about her in the lawsuit, Deadspin reported.
'You haven't done anything wrong at all. Just because 5 men at a company want to be gratified by 24-year-old women doesn't make you bad at your job,' Dominguez claims a FOX producer texted her.
In a complaint filed Wednesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California, Dominguez claims she was hired as a key sports personality with experience in most major sports
ESPN 710 Seattle reporter Danny O'Neil sent the tweet above showing his support for Colleen Dominguez
In another alleged instance, Dominguez claims in the lawsuit that a supervisor told her, 'We [FOX] don't handle veteran female reporters very well.'
Fox Sports 1 Vice President Dan Bell declined to comment about the lawsuit
Throughout the lawsuit, she references her years of experience and the number of big interviews she landed before and during her brief time at Fox Sports 1.
The lawsuit she filed reads: 'Fox employs younger female reporters who are less experienced than Dominguez and who are given assignments instead of Dominguez.'
She also claims that Fox Sports 1 was not interested in interviews that she landed with successful golfer Rory McIIroy and Giants World Series legend Madison Bumgarner.
Since filing the lawsuit against Fox Sports 1, several people have showed their support for Dominguez.
In a tweet, ESPN 710 Seattle reporter Danny O'Neil said she is 'an incredible professional. and should have been treated as such.'
Dominguez is suing for an unspecified amount for damages.
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