The Walt Disney Company welcomed pride month this year in less than ideal fashion with a major lawsuit from a longtime executive.Joel Hopkins currently works as Vice President of Production Finance at ABC Signature.
Deadline reports the lawsuit in question alleges that Hopkins’ superiors knew he is gay, and that he was consequently passed over for several promotions and pay raises.Related: Right-wing congressional candidate and stalker Omar Navarro melts down over gay Disney character“Plaintiff has direct and repeated complaints to HR about the discrimination he has endured while employed by Defendants and, concomitantly, the related failures to promote him and to pay him at the same level as other department heads,” court filings by.