The move comes on the heels of an internal investigation—on the part of NBC, Freemantle Media, and Syco Entertainment (Simon Cowell’s company)— that found that “the concerns raised by Ms. Union had no bearing on the decision not to exercise the option on her contract.”
According to the statement, “Union, a black woman, was singled out due to her physical appearance and discriminated against by NBC due to the fact that her hair did not fit within the white image that NBC apparently sought to convey to the audience of AGT.”
The attorney, Bryan Freedman, said that when Union told NBC of the racially offensive conduct, that they did not support her.
Instead, her attorney maintains “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.”
