Radio Host Sues L.A. Angels For Alleged Racism

By Marcus Vanderberg 

Radio host David Smith filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Angels, claiming he was fired allegedly for racial reasons, according to Reuters:

“In a complaint filed in California Superior Court earlier this month, David Smith alleged that the Angels Baseball Foundation rigged a singles promotion to ensure a black woman did not win and that Angels employees regularly made racist remarks.

Smith claimed that the Angels did not allow another employee on a radio show because he sounded “too black” and “too ghetto” for an Orange County audience. His complaint also stated that co-workers said negative results were to be “expected when a Jew is hired as baseball’s commissioner.”

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VP of Communications for the Angels, Tim Mead, said that the team “vehemently disagreed with David’s allegations” and that it would stand by its track record.

A lawyer for Smith, who is seeking a variety of unspecified damages, refused to offer further details about the allegations but said that more would be added in a forthcoming amended complaint.”

Smith was fired in the summer of 2009. He worked on morning and afternoon sports talk shows and on the Angels pre-game show.

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