[webheart]

Did she actually utter the word or was she just suspected of uttering a word?

[kiryandil]

Deen was part of a discrimination lawsuit brought by a former employee and mostly directed at Deen’s brother, who had been set up with a successful restaurant of his own. In a deposition for that case, Deen was asked if she had used the N-word before and she said, “Yes, of course.” She gave some evasive context, but it wasn’t like she used the N-word in the deposition or was caught using it.

[Tell It Right]

In the article it says she used the word when talking about being held up at gunpoint by a black robber.

[Organic Panic]

From what I recall she uttered that dreaded neighbor word recalling a story about how things were in the south decades ago.