While CBS and his Global Paramount company navigate a high -risk demand by President Donald Trump, the media conglomerate solved another demand claiming racial discrimination against white and heterosexual male employees.
In 2024, the former script coordinator of the “Seal Team” and writer Brian Beneker demanded Global Paramount, CBS Entertainment and CBS Studios for illegal discrimination to repeatedly deny him the professional progress based on his race, sex and sexual orientation.
According to America First Legal (AFL), who represented Beneker in the case, both parties finally agreed an agreement after what the main lawyer Nick Barry described as satisfactory movements of Paramount to publicly retreat from diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
CBS resolved a lawsuit claiming discrimination of employees. (Photo of Erik McGregor/Lightrocket through Getty Images | Istock)
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“America First legal is pleased to see Paramount and CBS publicly retreated their Dei requirements and return to considerations based on merit. The diversity quotas that discriminate on the basis of the race are illegal. Others in the entertainment industry should take note,” Barry said in a statement on Monday.
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An AFL spokesman also told Fox News Digital that there will be no more legal actions in the case.
The original demand said that, despite working in the program since its first season in 2017, Beneker was repeatedly denied the promotion of full -time personnel writer, while minority writers were hired with little or no experience.
When facing the showrunner, Beneker said they told him not to “verify any diversity appointment” to guarantee the progress.
CBS previously prioritized diversify the rooms of their writers in 2020. (Getty images)
The AFL also cited previous comments of the then CEO of CBS George Cheeks in 2020 announcing efforts to ensure that 40% of all writing rooms have “Bipoc representation” for the 2021-22 season, with the aim of increasing the 50% figure for season 2022-23.
In February 2025, Paramount Global Heads informed employees that he would be backing these initiatives following Trump's re-election and anti-Dei policies.
This included no longer use “aspirational numerical objectives” to hire and end its policy of collecting breed, ethnicity, sex or gender of possible applicants, except when legally required.
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This announcement occurred when Paramount Global agreed to mediation with Trump's legal team earlier this month, indicating a $ 20 billion demand agreement against them.
President Trump filed a demand of $ 20 billion against CBS alleging electoral interference for his management of the CBS interview. (Left: (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images), Right: (Photo of Katopodis/Getty Images), Right: Photographer: Al Drago/Bloomberg through Getty Images)
Trump is looking for $ 20 billion in a lawsuit against CBS, claiming the electoral interference for the management of an “60 minutes” interview last year with the then vice president Kamala Harris. The president accused the network of helping his 2024 democratic opponent through the deceptive edition only weeks before the presidential elections.
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Jeffrey Clark of Fox News contributed to this report.
