Ex-NYC TV Anchor Sues New York Post Over ‘Racial Slur’ Claim
An Emmy award-winning former New York City local news anchor claims in court that the New York Post’s famous Page Six gossip column “wrecked his brilliant reputation” with “defamatory articles”—and wants the publication to cough up at least $1 million in damages.
At the core of ex-broadcaster Ken Rosato’s suit is the allegation that the paper and its reporters knowingly and maliciously published a “false and baseless” article last May claiming that Rosato lost his job at ABC7 over a comment caught on a hot mic, which the paper quoted a source speculating may have been a “racial slur.” The suit, filed Friday in a Manhattan court, particularly quotes a photo caption stating “Ken Rosato was fired immediately after allegedly making a racial slur.”
Rosato’s suit acknowledges that the network “dismissed” the veteran TV journalist last May, but noted the reason was undisclosed.