A gay meteorologist who was suspended and then fired for performing on an adult webcam site has taken legal action. Erick Adame is an Emmy-nominated meteorologist who worked for New York’s Spectrum News NY1.
He was removed from his role at the organisation following the leak of webcam footage. Images of the weatherman performing on a webcam site was leaked to his employer, as well as his mother.
Adame released a statement to his 14,400 Instagram followers. It read: “I have recently been terminated from my job as the meteorologist at Spectrum News NY1 in NYC.
I am taking this opportunity to share my truth rather than let others control the narrative of my life.” “Despite being a public figure and being on television in the biggest market in the country in front of millions of people five days a week for more than a decade and a half, I secretly appeared on an adult webcam website,” he continued. “On this site, I acted out my compulsive behaviours, while at home, by performing on camera for other men.