Lawsuit Alleges Paula Deen Wanted Nigg*rs in Bow Ties Serving at Wedding

A lawsuit by a former employee is accusing Deen and her brother of using the N-word, sexual harassment, infliction of emotional distress and assault, RadarOnline.com is reporting.

By Jorge Rivas Mar 05, 2012

Cooking show host Paula Deen has been all over the news lately but this time it’s even worse than when she announced she had diabetes. A lawsuit by a former employee is accusing Deen and her brother of repeatedly using the N-word, sexual harassment, infliction of emotional distress and assault, RadarOnline.com is reporting. [Radar Online with two of lawsuit’s racist examples: ](http://www.radaronline.com/exclusives/2012/03/paula-deen-n-word-enterprises-sued-sexual-harassment)> In one example, Jackson states that she was appointed by Deen to handle the catering and staff for Bubba’s wedding in 2007, and she asked Deen what the servers should wear: "Well what I would really like is a bunch of little n***ers to wear long-sleeve white shirts, black shorts and black bow ties, you know in the Shirley Temple days, they used to tap dance around," Jackson alleges Deen told her. "Now, that would be a true Southern wedding wouldn’t it? But we can’t do that because the media would be on me about that." > > Another alleged racist incident listed in the lawsuit: "In the presence of Ms. Jackson and Uncle Bubba’s restaurant manager and a vendor, Bubba Hiers stated they should send President Obama to the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico so he could n***er-rig it." Jackson left Deen’s company in 2010 because "management did nothing about her complaints of sexual harassment and other complaints she had," according to Radar.