Legal Opinion
Robert Tutman v. Wbbm-Tv, Inc./cbs, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 20, 2000No. 99-2366PublishedCited by 116 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KANNE, Circuit Judge.
CBS producer Robert Vasilopulos testified that “it was simply a joke” when he told Robert Tutman, an African-American CBS cameraman, about a comedic movie called Niggers with Hats and parroted a phrase from the movie by telling Tutman to “[g]et the fuck out of the office before I pop a cap in your ass.” Tutman, however, viewed the comment as a serious death threat and lodged a formal harassment complaint with their employer WBBM-TV, Inc./CBS, Inc. (“CBS”). When CBS responded by punishing Vasilopulos and promising to separate Vasilopulos from Tutman at work, Tutman…
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