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ESPN Suspends Reporter After Insult-Laced Video Surfaces

Britt McHenry
Britt McHenry

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — ESPN has suspended reporter Britt McHenry after a video surfaced of her insulting a towing company clerk’s intelligence, job and appearance.

ESPN spokesman Josh Krulewitz said Thursday that McHenry has been suspended for a week. McHenry tweeted an apology, saying she let her emotions get the best of her “in an intense and stressful moment.”

In a Twitter exchange with ARLnow.com earlier this month, McHenry says her vehicle was towed from the lot in front of the Arlington restaurant where she ate dinner.

The edited video posted this week to video sharing site LiveLeak claims to show McHenry berating the clerk on April 5. McHenry tells the woman she is “in the news” and will sue the company. At one point a woman off-screen warns McHenry she is being recorded.

*Warning: Video contains uncensored profanity.*

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