Posted on 05/04/2007 3:40:42 PM PDT by Anti-Bubba182
Radio host Don Imus is going to sue CBS for $120 million, according to a draft copy of the complaint obtained by ABC News' Law & Justice Unit.
The suit is expected to be filed next week.
A draft copy of Imus's lawsuit says that the network expected him to be controversial and irreverent under the terms of his contract. And he claims Imus's show was on a five second delay that allowed the network to censor him if they wanted.
The draft points out that Imus wasn't fired for two weeks after the remarks were made.
Meanwhile, four former FCC commissioners contacted by ABC News say they do not believe that the speech was actionable under current federal guidelines that prohibit profanity or indecency on public airwaves.
Imus was fired April 12, after he made insensitive remarks about the Rutgers women's basketball team.
Martin Garbus -- a powerful First Amendment lawyer who represented controversial comedian Lenny Bruce -- said he would file a complaint against the network in the days ahead.
In a statement released by CBS in response to news stories about the impending lawsuit, CBS said that "We terminated Mr. Imus for cause. Based on the comments in question and relevant contract terms, we believe that the termination was appropriate and CBS would expect to prevail in any attempt by Mr. Imus to recover money for his actions............."
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Go I-Man Go!
Love to watch libs eat libs...
Take every CBS cent you can get, Imus! Go also for Dan raTHer’s pension!
Yesterday it was $40 million...
plus his side kicks will sue ?
and he will win!
Imus comment that both CBS and MSNBC could have prevented his ‘nappy-head’ remarks from actually going out over the airwaves is in fact, a powerful argument.
The fact that neither party even attempted to hit the delay switch which would have put a few seconds of dead air out there instead of Imus’ words, is going to be hard to explain, IF this actually ends up goint to trial.
I suspect that at some point, CBS will choose to settle out of court. If Garbus took on this case, he already knows CBS is on shaky legal ground.
Hey, a great week for CBS eh? Katie Colon has almost a 50 percent unfavorable view from the public, her numbers continue to lag in 3rd place, and now CBS is getting hit with legal action by Imus.
‘No joy at Black Rock’, and it couldn’t happen to nicer folks. :)
Can you say IMUSNBC?
So where is CBS going to find money for Katie Couric’s severance pay?
I wish he could but that won’t happen. Race pimping is not tortious.....but it should be.
I bet they never used the delay switch on Imus or McGuirk.
She’ll wind up doing 20 years in the elephant graveyard.......60 minutes.
Nail their pasty-white asses to the wall!
...bejeezus
Radio host Don Imus is going to sue CBS for $120 million
Change that from sue to own.
Does this mean Bob Scheiffer won’t be asking the I-man to listen to the country songs he writes anymore?
I hope the whole crew shares in the settlement. Imus isn’t the only one who lost his job.
bttt
” a great week for CBS eh? Katie Colon has almost a 50 percent unfavorable view from the public, her numbers continue to lag in 3rd place, and now CBS is getting hit with legal action by Imus.”
I don't know if I have this right, but apparently Bob Schieffer once drove Sirhan Sirhan's grandmother to a gynecological exam in Dallas.
WTF's the deal with that?
If that's true, Al's probably going to be quite disturbed over company coinage landing in the I-man's bank account.
Lord hear our prayer...
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