Contract Had $40M Left, May Have Encouraged Radio Host To Be Outrageous, Reports Say
Don Imus on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program, April 9, 2007. (AP)
(CBS) Former high-profile radio host Don Imus reportedly is preparing to sue his former employer, CBS Radio, over his firing last month.
Fortune magazine says Imus has hired a top First Amendment attorney, because, according to a source who has read Imus' contract with CBS, the pact encouraged the shock-jock to be irreverent and make character attacks.
CBS' attorneys, according to Fortune, maintain that Imus was fired for cause, and therefore is not owed any further payments on the five-year $10 million-a-year contract he signed in 2006.
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Don Imus on Rev. Al Sharpton's radio program, April 9, 2007. (AP)