• Contact
  • Privacy Policy
Blacksonrise.com
DONATE
  • Consultation EST
  • Herbal Internal Wash
  • Newsletter
  • Videos
  • Spiritual Detox
  • Ecourses
  • Client Area
    • Course Login
    • Video Login
    • LogOut
No Result
View All Result
  • Consultation EST
  • Herbal Internal Wash
  • Newsletter
  • Videos
  • Spiritual Detox
  • Ecourses
  • Client Area
    • Course Login
    • Video Login
    • LogOut
No Result
View All Result
Blacksonrise.com
No Result
View All Result

Mo’Nique Files Lawsuit Against Netflix

blacksonrise by blacksonrise
November 15, 2019
in Uncategorized
0
Mo’Nique Files Lawsuit Against Netflix
0
SHARES
22
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

If you can’t get enough money, sue them! According to VIBE, Monique Angela Hicks, better known as Mo’Nique, has filed a lawsuit against streaming giant Netflix.

After unsuccessfully trying to get people to boycott Netflix almost two years ago, the comedian has decided to take her fight to court. The suit says that Netflix offered her the sum of $500,000 to do a one-hour comedy special, yet, she complains that the price is a substantial difference from the multimillion-dollar deals it has given to some of her counterparts like Jerry Seinfeld, Amy Schumer, Dave Chappelle, Chris Rock, and Ellen DeGeneres.

She’s suing Netflix for unspecified damages and for an injunction forcing the company to change its discriminatory policies. The lawsuit is for race and gender discrimination.

Mo’Nique posted her reasoning on Instagram, “Hey My Loves — I can confirm that today I filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Netflix,” she wrote in an Instagram post on Thursday. “I had a choice to make: I could accept what I felt was pay discrimination or I could stand up for those who came before me and those who will come after me. I chose to stand up. I don’t have any further comment this time, but I appreciate all of your support and love.”

Netflix responded, “We care deeply about inclusion, equity, and diversity and take any accusations of discrimination very seriously,” a Netflix spokesperson told NBC News on Thursday. “We believe our opening offer to Mo’Nique was fair—which is why we will be fighting this lawsuit.”

“Netflix is one of Hollywood’s most innovative companies, yet it not only perpetuates racial and gender inequality, it also takes advantage of a gender pay gap that disproportionately affects black women,” Mo’Nique’s lawyer, Michael W. Parks told NBC News. “When Mo’Nique, one of the most well-known black female comedians in America, faced that anachronistic attitude, she knew it was time to challenge the status quo.”

David M. deRubertis, who also represents Mo’Nique, said, “In recent years, the spotlight has appropriately shined on the gender pay inequities that continue to plague the American workforce. By this lawsuit, Mo’Nique is taking a stand against the most severe pay gap of all: the pay gap experienced by black women in the American workforce.”

Advertisements


Credit: Source link

Previous Post

NFL Player Demario Davis Wins Appeal for 'Man of God' Headband Fine, Donates Amount to Charity Instead

Next Post

Anthony Roberson: Detective Builds Ties Between Law Enforcement And The Community

Next Post
Anthony Roberson: Detective Builds Ties Between Law Enforcement And The Community

Anthony Roberson: Detective Builds Ties Between Law Enforcement And The Community

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

ADVERTISEMENT

HOT Updates

No Content Available

BlackSonRise.com is an online news portal which aims to provide Caribbean News, African News, Business and much more stuff like that. Feel free to get in touch with us!

Follow us on social media:

Recent News

  • Eyewitness: Christmas Eve… | INews Guyana
  • UK stocks edge higher in muted holiday trading – SABC News
  • History repeats for NYCFC against Costa Rican debutant

Subscribe NOW

Loading
  • Contact
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 Blacksonrise.com is an online news, e-learning, and business website that caters to the global black community.

No Result
View All Result
  • Consultation EST
  • Herbal Internal Wash
  • Newsletter
  • Videos
  • Spiritual Detox
  • Ecourses
  • Client Area
    • Course Login
    • Video Login
    • LogOut

© 2019 Blacksonrise.com is an online news, e-learning, and business website that caters to the global black community.

USD $
  • USD USD $
  • EUR EUR €
  • GBP GBP £