Court dismisses Washington Post reporter's lawsuit against the paper and its former top editor
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A judge in Washington D.C. on Thursday dismissed a high-profile case filed by a Washington Post politics reporter who alleged that the newspaper and its former top editor subjected her to unlawful discrimination after she publicly said that she had been the victim of sexual assault.
The reporter, Felicia Sonmez, had previously said that she had been prohibited from covering stories about sexual misconduct because she had been outspoken about being a sexual assault survivor herself.
Sonmez had argued that the ban, which eventually was lifted after she criticized the paper both publicly and privately, had prevented her from covering some of the most consequential stories in politics, such as the allegations against Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh during his confirmation process, which he denied.
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