Dave Smith was a popular talk show host on AM 830 KLAA, the radio broadcast station of the Los Angeles Angeles of Anaheim. His voice mysteriously went off the air in 2009, leaving some listeners questioning his whereabouts.
Two years later, his name resurfaces, this time in court documents. Reuters reports that Smith is suing the Angels Baseball Foundation, alleging that he was fired for racist reasons.
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From Reuters:
In a complaint filed in California Superior Court earlier this month, David Smith alleged that the Angels Baseball Foundation rigged a singles promotion to ensure a black woman did not win and that Angels employees regularly made racist remarks.Smith claimed that the Angels did not allow another employee on a radio show because he sounded “too black” and “too ghetto” for an Orange County audience. His complaint also stated that co-workers said negative results were to be “expected when a Jew is hired as baseball's commissioner.”VP of Communications for the Angels, Tim Mead, said that the team “vehemently disagreed with David's allegations” and that it would stand by its track record.
Too black for OC? Noooooo.
