Bell’s official line on the firing of Lisa LaFlamme is that it was done for “holistic” reasons.
The company wanted a change in direction that LaFlamme didn’t agree with. There were also claims of a toxic workplace that may now be part of a third party investigation announced by Bell to review the circumstances of LaFlamme’s firing.
The impact of Brown’s lawsuit against CTV likely shouldn’t be overlooked when piecing the puzzle together. The case was settled almost four years after the whole affair started and while CTV said no money exchanged hands, they had to admit to an embarrassing set of facts.Article content While Brown continues to deny anything ever happened with the woman, the original CTV story claiming she was underage was later updated to indicate that she was in her 20s at the time of the alleged incident. It was a hugely damaging claim to make against Brown but also one that damaged CTV’s reputation.Article content
While they got the story, the result wasn’t everything they had hoped for. Brown sued CTV for $8 million in a lawsuit that stretched on for years.
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