Kate Merrill was accused of microaggressions and unconscious bias against two recently hired Black colleagues. She denies any wrongdoing.

A former Boston TV news anchor filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday alleging that she faced anti-white discrimination while working at the station.

Until June 2024, she spent more than two decades at WBZ-4 in Boston. Now, Paramount Skydance attorneys may be heading to a Massachusetts federal district court to discuss whether or not the CBS O&O engaged in two forms of discrimination when it parted ways with a veteran female news team member.