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Paula Deen has lost a major endorsement deal in the wake of allegations that she and people in her restaurants have engaged in racial and sexual harassment, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Deen has been a spokeswoman for the Smithfield, Va.-based Smithfield Foods since 2006. Her name and face appears on Smithfield products including its ham sausage and spiral-sliced ham.
Smithfield announced it would end the partnership on Tuesday, following Deen's admission in a court deposition that she used racial epithets in the past.
“Smithfield condemns the use of offensive and discriminatory language and behavior of any kind.
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