Puff Daddy’s Revolt TV has come under attack by a group of men who are claiming both racism and ageism.
Page Six reports that five white men over the age of 39 who worked for Revolt TV as part of the production crew for “The Breakfast Club” claimed in Manhattan Supreme Court that they were treated “worse than other employees who were younger and African-American.”
The group of producers, who worked on other shows in the past, including “The Howard Stern Show,” took note of several instances where age and race appeared to be a factor in how they were treated.
The suit specifically calls out the actions of Revolt TV Executive Vice President Val Boreland.
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Boreland allegedly “was always rude, condescending and dismissive towards the [team]…Ms. Boreland, however, treated the African-American staff in a much friendlier and respectful manner.”
Additionally, the suit claims that African American staff were allowed to come into work late and even drunk.
The newly-uncovered suit takes note of a production assistant who “often came to work late, drunk and slept on the editing floor during work hours” and “suffered no repercussions for this behavior.”
The team of producers was fired in December 2014 and allegedly replaced with inexperienced African American employees.
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A response to the suit from an attorney for Revolt TV suggested that the same claim or a similar one was previously addressed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. The attorney stated that “These claims are without merit and have previously been dismissed by the [Equal Employment Opportunity Commission].”
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission “is responsible for enforcing federal laws that make it illegal to discriminate against a job applicant or an employee because of the person’s race, color, religion, sex.”
Charlamagne Tha God wants fans to know that “The Breakfast Club” and Power 105 are not named as defendants in the lawsuit as he shared his thoughts on the “fake news” on Instagram.
He also discussed the matter on this morning’s edition of “The Breakfast Club” with co-hosts DJ Envy and Angela Yee, naming New York Daily News journalist Stephen Rex Brown, who identifies as an education reporter, as the Donkey of the Day. The publication’s headline for the article has since been changed with Power 105’s name removed.
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“There’s nothing educational about this clickbait, trash-ass article that he wrote in the New York Daily News about us,” Charlamagne says.
The discussion continues around the lawsuits claims that the white employees felt “reverse racism” while working for Revolt TV.
“I’m calling racism on their reverse racism,” Yee adds.
