Lawyers
for Clarkson and the BBC attended a closed-door hearing with Oisin
Tymon's legal team at a London employment tribunal on Friday.
“Clarkson
will be joined by his erstwhile Top Gear co-hosts Richard Hammond and
James May on a new show for Amazon Prime, to be broadcast next year.’”
The case centres on "verbal abuse" that accompanied a physical attack
during which Clarkson struck Tymon in March.
Clarkson, who was dropped by the BBC following an internal inquiry,
will front a new show on Amazon Prime.
The inquiry, headed up by Ken MacQuarrie, found Mr Tymon was subject to
an "unprovoked physical and verbal attack".
A statement by the BBC said: "We will be responding to this claim, but
will not be commenting further at this time."
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Tymon's case focuses on "racial discrimination" stemming from an anti-Irish slur allegedly made by Clarkson before he split the producer's lip.
ReplyDeleteOver there calling a Scot stingy or an Irishman a drunk is considered "racist". Don't worry, we will get there someday. It's "progress" or rather "progressive".
jim
Soooo...saying the Grand Canyon was dug by one of us Scots looking for his lost penny is racist now? Good to know!
ReplyDeleteI could care less, Clarkson is still aces in my book for punching
ReplyDeletethat Limey Poofter Piers Morgan in the gob!