A San Diego Superior Court jury on Thursday awarded former news anchor Sandra Maas nearly $1.6 million from KUSI owner McKinnon Broadcasting, finding that the station had violated equal pay laws by paying her substantially less than her longtime co-anchor. The jury also found for Maas in her whistleblower claim, in which she argued that her contract was not renewed because she pushed back against the company for the pay disparity. But it found that KUSI had not discriminated against her based on age or gender, nor had it engaged in malice.
Former evening anchor Sandra Maas is McKinnon Broadcasting’s San Diego independent KUSI for $10 million. In her lawsuit, Maas alleges retaliatory termination and violation of the equal pay act.
