Jury decides Tavis Smiley must pay PBS in #MeToo dispute

A jury decided Wednesday that former television talk show host Tavis Smiley, who was fired amid allegations of workplace sexual misconduct at the height of the #MeToo movement, must pay about $1.5 million to his former employer, the Public Broadcasting Service. Smiley was suspended in December 2017 and later fired from the PBS after the network said it had received multiple, credible allegations of misconduct by Smiley on his late-night interview show. Smiley, who is black, was the only minority to have served as the solo host in the history of the network, according to his lawsuit.

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