Disney Slammed In Discrimination Suit By 26-Year Veteran Studio Exec

The former director of the Story Department at Walt Disney Studios is taking the media giant to court with allegations of age discrimination and wrongful termination. In a complaint filed this week in LA Superior Court seeking unspecified damages, Kevin Brady says he was pink-slipped under false pretenses by Disney last June after nearly 26 seemingly successful years with the company. “While the Disney defendants claimed that Plaintiff’s position was eliminated, Plaintiff was actually replaced by an individual in her late 20s or early 30s,” says the 11-page complaint filed Tuesday (read it here) by the 48-year-old.
Being that Brady was making $135,000 a year according to the filing plus heath, pension and retirement benefits, and that he is seeking special and prospective damages due to lost future earnings, this could add up very quickly into the millions if it is calculated to age of retirement. “Additionally, to the extent the Disney defendants contend that Plaintiff’s replacement was hired for a newly created position, the Disney defendants failed to consider or hire Plaintiff for this position even though it is the same or substantially similar to the position that Plaintiff held for the past 10 years of his employment,” reads the filing, which seeks a jury trial. Brady’s apparent replacement in a renamed position was a former assistant of Disney Studios ... Read More »

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