Questlove along with NBC are being sued by two cameramen who are accusing the legendary TheRoots member of racial discrimination. Kurt Decker and Michael Cimino, who are white, were former employees at “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.” According to documents obtained by @Blast, the men received “an unsolicited racist and misogynist text message from a Tonight Show stagehand” last June. Mark Kelley who is African-American and also the bassist for The Roots received the same message.
Instead of responding to the message, Decker and Cimino reported the incident to Roots manager Keith McPhee and NBC technical production manager Bryon King. Next Decker and Cimino were immediately fired, but not Kelley. A seven-week investigation was launched where the men claimed Questlove “pressured NBC to fire all of the Caucasian employees involved in the incident” and allegedly favored Kelley enough to not have him fired.
Sources close to NBC told The Blast that Decker and Cimino failed to report the text they received which is a violation of NBC’s policy. However, they both are seeking $1 million in damages…each!
A rep for Questlove tells @Blast that he “Denies the ridiculous allegations made in this lawsuit. Racism is REAL and exists throughout the world and for these gentlemen to claim victim is not only disrespectful to Questlove and his bandmates, but to all that truly endure racism on a daily basis.”
Welp! We will keep y’all posted on any developments with this story.
Source: https://theblast.com/
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