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Will a jury find James Mee faced discrimination because of his religion after arresting Mel Gibson?

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Will a jury find James Mee faced discrimination because of his religion after arresting Mel Gibson?

Asked by: Super UserKentoine Johnson in General » Other
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Yes, Jury says James Mee suffered discrimination
Yes, Jury says James Mee suffered discrimination
No, Jury says James Mee did not suffer discrimination
No, Jury says James Mee did not suffer discrimination
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge says a jury should decide if a sheriff's deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving faced discrimination after the incident because of his religion.

Deputy James Mee claims his supervisors at the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department discriminated against him because he is Jewish. He says his advancement opportunities were diminished after Gibson made a series of anti-Semitic comments during his 2006 arrest.

Superior Court Judge Barbara Scheper ruled Thursday that jurors should decide whether Mee suffered discrimination and endured a hostile work environment. She also raised many pointed questions about whether he could persuade a jury.

Scheper dismissed Mee's claim that he suffered retaliation after Gibson's arrest.

The sheriff's department has denied the claims. The trial is scheduled to begin Feb. 14.

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   Super UserKentoine Johnson

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The deputy who arrested Mel Gibson for drunken driving and claimed he later suffered religious discrimination is settling his case against his department.

Attorneys for James Mee confirmed the settlement was reached Tuesday. The $50,000 settlement must be approved by a county claims board, but a trial scheduled to begin this week has been canceled.

Attorneys Etan Lorant and Yael Trock say they are pleased with the settlement and that Mee never filed the lawsuit for money. Mee, who is Jewish, claimed his superiors discriminated against him after arresting Gibson in 2006.

Phone messages for a county attorney and sheriff's spokesman were not immediately returned.

A judge had told Mee's attorneys they would not be able to call Gibson or Sheriff Lee Baca as witnesses during the trial
http://news.yahoo.com/deputy-arrested-gibson-settles-employer-case-195948704.html

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