The Lawsuit That Broke The Camel’s Back
After Bob Barker retired, which in effect was actually an early resignation since he had already signed a five-year extension, many people were left scratching their heads. Not long after, it was revealed that Bob “retired” on the same day as a woman named Deborah Curling. She worked for The Price is Right for years as an audience screener, until she resigned in 2005.
Soon after she filed a civil rights suit against Bob Barker. She said, when she testified in yet another lawsuit, that Bob was involved in which was for the wrongful termination of a production assistant, she was suddenly subjected to a hostile work environment. In the court documents, she laid the blame on Bob for creating an extremely difficult work environment, specifically one in which black employees and contestants were discriminated against.
