Second Diet Madison Avenue Lawsuit Accuses CP+B, MDC Partners of Wrongful Termination, 'Reverse Sex Discrimination'

Ex-Crispin CCO Ralph Watson first sued DMA directly

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Ralph Watson, former CCO at Crispin Porter + Bogusky, has filed a second lawsuit that adds his former employer and its parent company to a legal pileup focused on the anonymous Diet Madison Avenue Instagram account.

Watson was fired by CP+B in February after several posts by DMA described him as a sexual “predator” who “targeted and groomed” unnamed young women.

In May, Watson and his lawyer Michael W. Ayotte filed a civil defamation case in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County that focused on the individuals behind the account.

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