Ex-ABC producer sues network for $10M in Amy Robach leaked Epstein tape scandal
A former ABC employee claims the network defamed her when it falsely accused her of leaking a tape of an anchor complaining about a Jeffrey Epstein-related interview getting buried, new court papers show.
Ex-ABC junior producer Ashley Bianco denied releasing a tape to right-wing group Project Veritas showing “Good Morning America” reporter Amy Robach griping about how ABC News killed her interview with Jeffrey Epstein accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre.
“Shortly after the video was publicized, defendants moved swiftly to find a scapegoat, and to that end, they knowingly made false accusations against [Bianco],” according to the Manhattan Supreme Court summons from Thursday.
This caused Bianco — who is asking for $10 million –to lose her job. She also claims “they further destroyed her career in the news industry and damaged her reputation,” according to the suit.
After Bianco was fingered as the leaker, an ABC News employee posted a letter on Project Veritas using the name “Ignotus” — a wizard from the “Harry Potter” stories — slamming the network for its “mission of seek and destroy” in finding the tape leaker.
Project Veritas confirmed that the letter was from the same person who gave them the Robach tape.
ABC News and parent company The Walt Disney Company — which is also named as a defendant in the case — did not immediately return requests for comment.