A black TV meteorologist who was fired from her job has accused her former bosses of racial discrimination.
Ashley Brown Elliott, 43, was let go from her role with Indiana station WISH-TV last week after more than six years of service.
She claimed it came after she was asked to stop wearing certain colors while on air, the Indianapolis Star reports.
Other black employees were told to remove their dreadlocks or told they were ‘too curvy’, Brown Elliott alleged.
In the now-deleted post, she further claimed that the station had fired eight black women in the last two years.
WISH-TV is owned by Circle City Broadcasting, headed by Indianapolis native DuJuan McCoy, who has made much of his position as a black media executive.
McCoy has touted the significance of being the first African American leader of a Fox-affiliated station in the country.
However, the allegations by Brown Elliott and her former colleagues counter this position.
Ashley Brown Elliott, who was fired from her job has accused her former bosses of racial discrimination
Brown Elliott was let go from WISH-TV last week. The network is owned by Circle City Broadcasting boss DuJuan McCoy
Brown Elliott claims she was told to stop wearing certain colors while on air, while other black women had their hair and bodies allegedly criticized
Last year, former news anchor April Simpson filed a lawsuit claiming she was dismissed from her role after questioning allegedly unequal pay between male and female presenters.
Simpson, who is black, claims she was paid the same $95,000 salary as two more junior male colleagues fronting less coveted slots.
In the lawsuit, which was settled out of court, Simpson claimed she was sent packing two months after making the inquiry with little explanation.
Two days later, she received a letter stating she had been fired for failing to take feedback on board, appearing lackluster on camera, struggling with the teleprompter and failing to adapt to digital media.
Simpson accused Circle City Broadcasting of breaking equality laws on the basis of sex, race and disability as her difficulties were due to blindness in her left eye caused by a brain tumor, the filings stated.
Brown Elliott was hesitant to comment on the situation when contacted by the Indy Star in case it jeopardizes future job prospects.
The wife and mother graduated from North Central High School before attending Ball State University.
She worked in radio prior to TV and relocated to California to get her start in forecasting.
DailyMail.com has contacted City Circle Broadcasting and Brown Elliott for comment.
