Ex-ABC Producer Sues Matt Gutman, ABC and Disney Over 2025 Firing
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Updated · Fox News · Aug 16
Ex-ABC Producer Sues Matt Gutman, ABC and Disney Over 2025 Firing
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Aug 16
Summary
Samira Said says ABC fired her on March 5, 2025 after she sought medical accommodations tied to trauma from covering the 2022 Uvalde school massacre.
The Los Angeles lawsuit also accuses Matt Gutman of making sexualized comments, including rating a female correspondent’s appearance and suggesting Said wanted to stay for an after-hours date.
Said alleges ABC managers pushed her to cover Uvalde despite COVID-19 symptoms, then refused a psychiatrist-backed restricted schedule and moved her to weekend desk shifts.
A later Los Angeles wildfire assignment allegedly left Said with a bone contusion after heavy equipment struck her foot, adding to claims of discrimination, retaliation and unsafe treatment.
Gutman left ABC for CBS in January after 17 years and now serves as CBS News chief correspondent; Disney told the Los Angeles Times it had not yet reviewed the complaint.
Could the disturbing workplace harassment claims against a high-profile correspondent derail his newly launched career at a rival news network?
Will a former producer's lawsuit exposing alleged harassment and network failures to accommodate PTSD finally force media giants to protect their journalists?
How will a major network justify denying medical accommodations to a producer traumatized by covering one of the deadliest school shootings?