Sage Steele, who spent more than a decade and a half at ESPN, is suing the sports and talent agency that represented her.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Steele was dissatisfied with the way her representatives advocated for her during her dispute with ESPN.
She filed a lawsuit Tuesday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging that Creative Artist Agency (CAA) breached its fiduciary duty, according to the report.
Steele previously sued her former employer after she claimed ESPN suspended her in retaliation for comments she made related to Disney's COVID-19 vaccine mandate during a podcast appearance. Disney is the parent company of ESPN.
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ESPN host Sage Steele speaks on set during Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Toronto Raptors and the Golden State Warriors on June 7, 2019 at Oracle Arena in Oakland, California. (King Joshua II/NBAE via Getty Images)
“I respect everyone's decision, I really do, but to demand it is, um, sick,” Steele said in September 2021 when she was a guest on NFL quarterback Jay Cutler's “Uncut” podcast.
“And it scares me in a lot of ways. But I have a job, a job that I love and, frankly, a job that I need. But, again, I love it. I'm not surprised that it's gotten to this point, especially with Disney, a global company… but it was actually emotional.
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Shortly after reaching an agreement with ESPN, Sage announced his departure from the company after 16 years.
Steele decided to leave what he described as his “dream job” in hopes of being able to more freely exercise his “First Amendment rights.”
Television personality Sage Steele during a panel discussion at SXSW on March 9, 2018, in Austin, Texas. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Cisco Systems, Inc.)
Matthew Kramer, CAA's co-director of sports media, is reportedly at the center of Steele's latest lawsuit. Steele claimed that Kramer did not demand to make it expressly clear that he would not have to apologize for criticizing Disney's vaccination policy. The lawsuit also alleges that Steele was misled into believing that a high-ranking member of CAA's legal department reviewed her contract regarding the vaccine mandate.
According to the lawsuit, a copy of Steele's contract was sent to a junior attorney for review.
Sage Steele speaks on stage during Bullseye Event Group's Players Tailgate on February 13, 2022 in Los Angeles. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Bullseye Event Group)
The complaint also suggested that CAA had a conflict of interest. The agency also represents prominent ESPN personalities Adam Schefter and Adrian Wojnarowski. Schefter, a senior NFL Insider, and Wojnarowski, a senior NBA Insider, both earned contract extensions in 2022.
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The lawsuit also names several other ESPN employees, including executives the agency represents.
Fox News Digital contacted CAA but did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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