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Jun 25, 2007 Quickie Link: Broadcast Producer Files $50 Million Suit Against CBS News
By vanrozenheim

(New York, USA) - Fired CBS News Senior Broadcast Producer Dick Jefferson - almost murdered in a “barbaric” gay bashing by tire wrench while on vacation last spring - filed a $50 million dollar lawsuit against CBS News alleging executives bashed him even more viciously than he had been in the St. Maarten attack before firing him. “I thought I was in the twilight zone. I was back at work, simply seeking justice in St. Maarten, demanding that island authorities not ignore violent crimes against tourist - gay or straight. But some of my bosses made me feel like I was doing something wrong. I felt like I was attacked again,” Jefferson said.



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