Hallmark ‘wanted to replace old talent’ like Lacey Chabert and Holly Robinson Peete, claims new lawsuit

AN property favoritism suit has claimed that a Hallmark exec made a remark astir casting “old talent.”

According to the lawsuit, Holly Robinson Peete and Lacey Chabert were fixed arsenic examples.

Hallmark’s erstwhile casting manager Penny Perry, 79, who worked with them for astir a decade, filed the suit successful Los Angeles Superior Court connected the 9^th of October.

She accused Hallmark enforcement VP of programming Lisa Hamilton Daly, Senior Vice President of Programming and Development Randy Pope and Vice President of Human Resources Paul Hodgkinson of property and disablement discrimination, arsenic good arsenic wrongful termination, retaliation, defamation and intentional infliction of affectional distress.

In a extremity to find “new talent” Perry has alleged that Lisa Hamilton Daly decided she was “too aged to enactment her position,” and “manoeuvred to propulsion her retired of the company.”

Perry, who has been a casting manager connected movies and tv shows since the 1970s, alleges that she said: “We request to bring successful idiosyncratic who knows much young talent. Our starring ladies are aging out.”

Allegedly, Lisa Hamilton Daly specifically referred to Teri Hatcher, 59, Holly Robinson Peete, 60, and Chabert, 42, arsenic “old talent” arsenic good arsenic respective more.

She besides allegedly said: “Lacey’s getting older and we person to find idiosyncratic similar her to regenerate her arsenic she gets older,” and that “no 1 wants” Robinson Peete.

Adding: “She’s excessively costly and getting excessively old. She can’t play starring roles anymore.”

In a connection to Variety and Deadline, Hallmark has denied the allegations.

The connection read: “Lacey and Holly person a location astatine Hallmark. We bash not mostly remark connected pending litigation. And portion we contradict these outrageous allegations, we are not going to sermon an employment narration successful the media.

Perry claims she was abruptly fired successful April aft receiving beardown yearly show evaluations.

She alleges that she was replaced with a younger antheral aft being fired, aft being told she was “too agelong successful the tooth.”

Perry besides alleges “vile and ageist conduct,” and says it’s “straight from Hallmark’s playbook erstwhile they sought to propulsion retired different employees successful their 60’s and 70’s due to the fact that of their age."