ITV: race and age discrimination claim

by Olivia

An ITV newsreader has been accused of imitating Sir Trevor McDonald by Lisa Aziz, the first Asian news presenter.  She claims that Steve Scott regularly imitated the Afro-Caribbean newsreader’s accent during rehearsals.  He is also alleged to have imitated Pakistani and Irish accents and the accent of Alex Beresford, the black ITV weatherman.

ITV have launched an internal investigation into allegations of racism at ITV West Country in Bristol where Aziz and Scott co-presented the nightly news.  Scott has denied allegations of racism and the investigation has cleared him of this.  The case, however, is due to be heard at Employment Tribunal next March.

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