‘Matlock’
Creator & Writers Sued for Hostile Work Atmosphere
… Allegedly Made Racist, Sexually Express Remarks
Revealed
Extra authorized drama on the set of “Matlock” … this time, a staffer on the present is dragging the creator and a few writers to court docket for allegedly making a hostile work surroundings.
TMZ has obtained a lawsuit filed Wednesday by John Lowe, who says he was employed again in 2023 as an govt story editor on the present. Lowe claims “Matlock” creator Jennie Urman Snyder and writers Nicki Renna and Jeffrey Lieber “fostered a writers room surroundings permeated by sexually specific and discriminatory conduct” … and he says a lot of it was directed personally at him.
Within the submitting, Lowe says he skilled “repeated racially and sexually offensive conduct” and claims he was in the end fired in 2025 in retaliation for complaining a couple of notably offensive remark.
Lowe, who’s Black, claims when he requested final June if the present could be observing Juneteenth, Snyder responded by referring to the vacation with a racial slur, calling it … “C***teenth.”
He claims Snyder verbally fired him simply 13 days later — after the present went on hiatus — and says there was no written discover or justification for the termination.
Within the lawsuit, Lowe additionally claims Renna as soon as made racist and sexist feedback about one of many present’s Black solid members, Eme Ikwuakor, allegedly saying … “Eme can barely read” and “Eme’s [big, black c***] saves him.”
He claims the surroundings on set was additionally sexually inappropriate, saying Snyder and Lieber had beforehand commented on how tight his garments have been, and about how his shoe measurement meant he was “well-endowed down there.”
Lowe says Renna as soon as known as him late at evening and informed him she was in mattress and solely had underwear on. He additionally claims she “graphically” described her intercourse life and the scale of her husband’s genitalia in entrance of him, although they’d lately had anti-harassment coaching.
In line with the grievance, Lieber and Renna would seize, wrestle, and contact one another whereas not doing any writing or artistic work for the present, which he says “reinforced a sexually hostile environment.”
He is looking for compensatory and punitive damages, claiming the surroundings and his firing led to lack of revenue, emotional misery, humiliation, and medical bills.
A CBS Studios spokesperson tells TMZ … “We are committed to maintaining a safe and respectful environment for everyone and take all workplace complaints seriously.”
The community added … “In this instance, a thorough investigation was completed, and we were unable to find support for his allegations. We look forward to vehemently defending this lawsuit.”
A supply with data tells TMZ … the community was not conscious the lawsuit had been filed and claimed Lowe made complaints in regards to the office “well after” his employment ended.
As you already know, these aren’t the primary allegations of troubling conduct on the “Matlock” set. David Del Rio was kicked off the solid in October for allegedly sexually assaulting costar Leah Lewis. David’s denied the allegations.
