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ESPN Is Sued By Former Steve Phillips Mistress Brooke Hundley

According to PR News Channel, Brooke Hundley, the production assistant with which former ESPN baseball analyst Steve Phillips carried on an extramarital affair, has sued ESPN for wrongful termination.

According to the suit, ESPN allowed both Phillips and Hundley to come back to work so long as they tried to keep away from each other. Yes, it was as a bad idea.

According to the suit, ESPN returned Hundley to work, “…so long as she and Mr. Phillips avoided contact with each other, outside of what was reasonably required to do their respective jobs.” Hundley says human resources told her that the incident would not affect her employment and even assigned her an additional duty of covering NASCAR for the network.

About a month later, the ‘New York Post’ wrote an article based on statements Phillips had given to Wilton, Ct. police.  Phillips reported in a sworn statement to the police that he had been attempting to end the relationship and that Hundley was pursuing him.  Hundley’s version of the events is different.  In the article, the ‘Post,’ because of Phillips’ sworn statement, characterized Hundley as a “dumped mistress” who had a “`Fatal Attraction’ freakout.”

Here’s a portion of the suit:

[PR News Channel via Deadspin]