Isaiah Washington To Sue ABC?
Filed Under Celebrity Blunders, TV News by Skoopz
Isaiah Washington, apparently, isn’t done with his former bosses at ABC after he was fired from the top-rated show, Grey’s Anatomy. The actor told the Houston Chronicle that he is contemplating filing a lawsuit against the network.
I have to clear my name,” said Washington. “I’ll start from the beginning. I’m telling everything. So here’s the truth.”
Washington went on to say the ABC fired the wrong guy, accusing T.R. Knight of exploiting the controversy in order to get a salary increase and to enhance his role.
Knight, who announced soon after the initial fracas that he was gay, told talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres in January that Washington used the slur against him and that “everyone (on the set) heard” him do so.
“That’s a lie,” Washington told the Chronicle. “I used the word during a disagreement with Patrick. I apologized for that. We shook hands and went back to work.”
He also said that he requested to be released from his contract after the incident but he was told to hang on.
“I was not fired for making homophobic slurs,” Washington said. “I did everything I said I would do. … I wanted everyone to know I was remorseful.”
Hmmm…if all these are true…Knight sounds like a schemy little creature.
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