Celebrity Justice
Montel Staffer Sues -- I Can Handle the Pressure!

A former producer for the "Montel Williams" show says she was fired from her $110,000 a year job after suffering a brain aneurysm ... and she's suing mad!
Read the lawsuit against Montel Williams
Erin Primmer began working for Williams in August 2005. On March 29, 2007 she collapsed on the set after suffering the aneurysm and was rushed to a hospital. The following month, she was cleared by her doctor to go back to work with no restrictions. That's when she alleges the executive producer told her the show was not going to renew her contract, telling her, "CBS needed someone capable of handling the pressure, and that the coming year was going to be worse." Primmer says that is "a clear violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, New York State and New York City law" and has filed suit.

A call to CBS was not immediately returned.



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16. i lost respect for montel a long time ago when it came to light that sylvia brown was a fraud who charged 700 dollars per minute for her phone in esp powers and she doesn't have powers,montel kept booking her and he let her talk to poor desperate people on his show,he allowed with full knowledge of the scandal around her to take advantage of people,he is a azz imo

Posted at 11:25AM on Feb 14th 2008 by heidisucks

17. tara
i am not sure if you are going back to the other blog where you asked if heid could sing

no,heidi can't sing and to top it off she is a first class c#nt
now do you get what that word means lol

Posted at 11:31AM on Feb 14th 2008 by heidisucks

18. all i want to kn if sylvia browne predicted his demise....i see she is doing a farewell tour too.. really his show was nothing without her...he is so immature...

Posted at 11:43AM on Feb 14th 2008 by paula

19. Sylvia brown is a fake. A friend of mine was on his show a few years ago to talk with sylvia about certain things that were happening to her home and farm. Sylvia did research of the property and told her it was a man that lived there and he was an evil spirit. All of that is public record,

Posted at 11:43AM on Feb 14th 2008 by sammygirl

20. Montel sold me his soul. I am rather busy now ,but you will be hearing about him one day .

Posted at 11:45AM on Feb 14th 2008 by Grim Reaper

21. She was not fired!!!!! just not renewed. That is what short term contracts are you idiots. This is still America. You can't be forced to renew employement contracts. If she's any good she'll get another contract and stopping feeding off his teet.

Posted at 11:49AM on Feb 14th 2008 by Eddie the Gawd

22. Reaper ... keep his soul....just want his liver here. lolol

Posted at 11:53AM on Feb 14th 2008 by Eddie the Gawd

23. hey eddie
they got into trouble when they told her it was because she could not handle the pressure and that she wasn't capable.can't do that buddy,that is no reson not to renew the contract when she was cleared by the doctor,they should have said,sorry we are being cancelled and no longer have a place for your contract.

Posted at 11:55AM on Feb 14th 2008 by heidisucks

24. im not sure what exactly is going on, but montel has done a good job all these years and i have not heard much bad about him. Maybe we should give him a chance. Maybe if he would talk to her and tell her if that is the real reason. Sometimes there are other reasons for her not to come back. Maybe she didn't hold up her part of the job. I don't know but if it is possible they should get together and talk about it. all this sewing is for the birds it makes lawyers rich and the working class poor.

Posted at 11:57AM on Feb 14th 2008 by GRANDMA MARY

25. No reason required for non-renewal so sorry ... just the way it is. She will lose in court... but will never quit there. Cheaper to pay her off.

Posted at 11:58AM on Feb 14th 2008 by Eddie the Gawd

26. "She was not fired!!!!! just not renewed." you are the one rthat sounds like an idiot.

Posted at 12:01PM on Feb 14th 2008 by labor board

27. eddie
you are right,but they gave a reason and the reason they gave is not legal,they should have said nothing,i think they will pay her off

Posted at 12:01PM on Feb 14th 2008 by heidisucks

28. you are the one rthat sounds like an idiot.

Posted at 12:01PM on Feb 14th 2008 by labor board

Are you too board to spell and type correctly.

Posted at 12:09PM on Feb 14th 2008 by Eddie the Gawd

29. labor board, You are FIRED ! and not renewed. Learn some new skills bubba.

Posted at 12:20PM on Feb 14th 2008 by Eddie the Gawd

30. Montel, you suck! Does that mean Regis and Letterman should both be off the air because they had heart problems? Unbelievable!

Posted at 12:53PM on Feb 14th 2008 by Mel

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