Veteran TV news anchor Taryn Asher has been fired by Fox 2 Detroit (WJBK-TV) in what her lawyer describes as a case of gender discrimination.
Matthew Turner of the Southfield-based Sommers Schwartz litigation firm confirmed the news first reported by Deadline Detroit about Asher's termination from the station.
Asher has been off the air since November 2025. Neither she nor Fox 2 Detroit management has
On Tuesday, April 7, Turner told the Free Press that Asher was suspended in November for "a very short time period" and then, shortly afterward, was fired.
According to Turner, Asher had not been treated fairly in terms of "assignments, scheduling, guests" compared with her male anchor colleague and wanted the equal treatment she had received from the station's prior management. commented publicly on the reason why.
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