[MHT]

I'm betting that she was a less-than-perfect employee before this happened. She did something that she knew was going to tick off the boss. She called the press on it. She sought unemployment benefits. I'm betting that with an attitude like hers, this was the last straw on a long list of previous checks.

Besides, if she really had been such an innocent victim of discrimination, she would have gotten a legal-aid lawyer immediately, not a reporter. Furthermore, for some reason (perhaps a job performance record), her unemployment benefits are in question.

[stands2reason]

That's because she wasn't fired, she quit.