The Newshound

'The BBC broke me': Oscar-winning Jewish producer wins £400,000 payout after claiming anti-Semitism forced her out

Lucie Kon, who worked on Panorama and BBC Breakfast, has reportedly received a £400,000 BBC settlement after claiming colleagues branded Zionists like her "evil" following the October 7 Hamas attacks.
Lucie Kon, who worked on Panorama and BBC Breakfast, has reportedly received a £400,000 BBC settlement after claiming colleagues branded Zionists like her "evil" following the October 7 Hamas attacks.

Lucie Kon, 57, was made redundant in April, just 19 days after collecting her Oscar for 'Mr Nobody Against Putin'. When she called Hamas evil after October 7, she says a colleague shot back: 'So are Zionists.' She claims she was told she was 'too partial' to oversee a Nova massacre film because she is Jewish. The BBC settled without admitting liability, with the money partly funded by licence fee payers.

An internal BBC grievance process upheld only parts of her complaint and rejected most.

Her name was demoted to the scrolling credits of the Oscar-winning film.

'It was like having Jew stamped on my forehead,' Kon said.

MoreThe Jewish ChronicleOscar winner Lucie Kon received £400k payout from BBC after racial discrimination tribunal threatJewish News (GNews)BBC pays Jewish filmmaker £400k after antisemitism complaintsThe Telegraph‘The BBC broke me because I am a Jew’GB NewsBBC forks out £400,000 in compensation to Jewish filmmaker 'bullied out of broadcaster by anti-Semites'The TimesBBC ‘pays £400,000’ to Jewish producer who says she was forced outDaily Mail NewsBBC must 'pay £400,000 to Oscar-winning Jewish producer after she became victim of anti-Semitism and bullied out of the broadcaster'LBCBBC make £400k payout after producer 'left broken by anti-Semitism'
Read today's full feed at The Newshound →