Congratulations Mo'Nique! We love you here at B-13 Peer Review! Netflix Settles With Mo’Nique Over Discrimination, Retaliation Lawsuit
The comedian accused the streamer of systematically underpaying Black women. By: Winston Cho Mo'Nique ( Continue to fight the good fight Sis; We over here don't believe the hype!) Netflix has settled a potentially precedent-setting lawsuit from Mo’Nique in a case that could have found that the streamer retaliated against the comedian by refusing to engage in good-faith negotiations after she accused the company of discrimination for opening with a low-ball offer. Both sides on Tuesday moved to dismiss the suit, according to a court filing. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed. Netflix in 2017 started to court Mo’Nique for a comedy special during a time it was aggressively ramping up its stand-up content, the complaint says. The negotiations, however, didn’t get far because the...