'Central Park Karen' Amy Cooper loses discrimination and defamation lawsuit against former employer claiming she was unfairly fired after viral incident
The woman dubbed"Central Park Karen" lost a lawsuit against her former employer claiming unjust termination and defamation, according to a ruling issued on Wednesday. after the investment firm fired her over a 2020 incident in which Cooper called 911 on Christian Cooper, a Black man bird watching in New York City's Central Park.
She further alleged that the company treated her differently than three male employees accused of varying forms of misconduct, including insider trading and domestic violence. In the suit, Cooper also cited a specific tweet posted by Franklin Templeton a day after the incident took place that stated"we do not tolerate racism" as defamatory, which Abrams rejected. , and they moved to have Cooper's lawsuit thrown out a month later.
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