Months into retirement, Bob Barker gets sued  
Friday, October 5th, 2007

Nooo, I don't want to know the real Bob Barker!  I always thought he was this sweet grandfather type, I don't want to know the bitter truth, if there is one!  Deborah Curling, an employee of the Price of Right for 24 years, is suing Bob Barker, CBS, and The Price is Right peeps for constructive wrongful termination based on retaliation, a hostile working environment, and intentional infliction of emotional distress.  In the lawsuit, she claims "Barker made it his life mission to destroy the livelihood of every person who contradicted him or did not do what Barker had ordered him/her to do, whether it was legal or not."

Nooo, nooo, I'm covering my ears!

The suit alleges CBS and Fremantle & Price were "fully aware" of the wrongdoings, "among them, racial discrimination, sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment."  It also lists mental harassment and abuse.  Most of the sexual harassment claims center on Wayne Rossi, a Producer, who the suit says would comment on and grab employee's butts, and whisper in their ears.

The racial discrimination alleged was black women always being selected "when a B.B.Q. was to be displayed;" arranging the models with a black model between two white models and calling it "the reverse Oreo;" and claims that Barker didn't want more than two black contestants on any show, which led to assistants marking African American contestants with a "B."

There are many more sordid allegations, in the suit papers TMZ.com has posted online.  The plaintiff alleges that Barker's "reign of terror" purposefully forced her to quit.

   

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