India, Aug. 6 -- A WBZ morning anchor who unexpectedly departed the station last year has filed a lawsuit for $4 million against the former employer, alleging she was subjected to racial and gender discrimination, as per recent court records.

The lawsuit, as published by Universal Hub, claims that Kate Merrill, a white woman, started working as a reporter for WBZ in 2004 and hosted the morning and noon broadcast from 2017 until her resignation in June 2024, as per Boston.com.

Merrill initiated a federal lawsuit in Boston on Tuesday against the station, its parent corporations, CBS and Paramount, two former coworkers, her supervisor, Justin Draper, and Michael Roderick, who allegedly looked into discrimination allegations at WBZ.

The la...