After America's Got Talent and NBC shared the results of their investigation, Union filed a harassment, discrimination, and retaliation complaint with California's Department of Fair Employment and Housing. In addition, the document also alleges that NBC Entertainment Chairman Paul Telegdy "threatened Union through her agent and warned Union's agent that Union had better cease from pursuing her claims of racism while filming AGT."
"When Gabrielle Union informed NBC of radically offensive conduct during the taping of America's Got Talent, NBC did not 'stand' with her in 'outrage at acts of racism,'" Union's lawyer Bryan Freedman said in a statement. "Instead, NBC did not care enough to either promptly investigate Ms. Union's complaints or even ask HR to get involved. Rather, NBC stood against her and directed its 'outrage' at Ms. Union for whistleblowing about the racially offensive conduct she experienced while working for NBC on America's Got Talent. In sharp contrast to NBC's recent statement on race, what was truly an 'outrage' was the fact that Paul Telegdy, Chairman of NBC Entertainment, actually threatened Ms. Union in an attempt to silence her from telling the truth about racist actions that took place on the show. There is no place for this type of racial bullying in the workplace, and it is going to take more than a Tweet from NBC to demonstrate that NBC intends to create an environment free from racism."
