Everybody Suing KCTV5 For Discrimination

Local newsies are all-in with legal action against a perennial 2nd place ranked TV station based in JoCo.

Here's the latest blast . . . 

Adam Orduna of Overland Park filed the lawsuit Monday in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Kansas, against Gray Media Group Inc., which does business in Kansas City as KCTV5. Orduna is the third KCTV5 journalist to file a discrimination lawsuit against the television company in the last four months.

Previously, a chief meteorologist and former news anchor for the station claimed supervisors discriminated against them on the basis of their age and gender.

In the most recent lawsuit, Orduna, who is Black, alleges he was undermined by a similarly qualified white colleague that was given “apparent authority” over his schedule and work performance. He claimed the station allowed his work and reputation to be unfairly scrutinized by a colleague, whom he alleged to have a prejudice against Black people.

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'Not strong enough for this market': 3rd KCTV5 journalist sues over discrimination

Adam Orduna, who is Black, alleged colleagues at KCTV5 unfairly scrutinized his work. When an HR complaint was filed, he said, he was fired without explanation, according to a federal lawsuit.