WNBC reporter Sarah Wallace is going after her old station WABC. She says she was fired from the New York ABC-owned station because of a story about what she says was a wrongful conviction. She’s also suing the station for gender discrimination.
Wallace was fired from WABC in February. She went to work for NBC-owned WNBC last month.
The Post reports Wallace is suing WABC for $600,000, claiming “male employees [who] performed equal or less work” got paid more.
She will also claim in soon-to-be-filed papers that she was axed after reporting on what she believes was a wrongful conviction. Archie Cosey was sentenced to 25 years to life in New York for conspiracy and murder in 1998 after pleading guilty. He later said his guilty plea “resulted from threats from one or more co-defendants,” but a judge denied his bid to withdraw the plea.
Wallace believes she was unfairly treated by her boss Camille Edwards, who is so tough, she was nicknamed “Camevil” by newsroom staff.
“She was fired for telling the truth,” Wallace’s attorney Joe Tacopina told the New York Post. “Sarah uncovered information that could overturn [a] conviction. We’ll be putting details in a full complaint that we’ll file later.”
“Sarah’s claim is totally without merit. Before being terminated . . . Sarah never raised concerns about discrimination,” the Post says an ABC spokesperson told the paper. “These complaints were raised for the first time by her attorneys in late August. They are completely baseless.”