Former Marvel’s exemption claims that the former Disney chief denied him the promotion because he was ‘another old boy’: the lawsuit

A former high-ranking of Marvel claims that Disney’s former CEO refused to give him a promotion because he was merely “another old boy”, according to a blocking trial against the media giant

Robert Steffens, who served as the leading financial official and then co-president of Marvel from 2015-2023, claimed that Marvel Isaac Perlmutter’s then told him in February 2022 that Disney Bob Chapek CEO placed Kibos in his offer For the role of president of Disney consumer products, according to the lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court on Tuesday.

On the contrary, the work given to a woman with “unclear ethnicity”, as Permutter allegedly told Steffens that the company could not give the position “another old white boy,” the complaint said.

Chapek was dropped later in 2022 after taking the mouse home embraced in a battle with Florida’s governor, Ron Desantis on the law “Say Gay” of the state – and was replaced by Bob Iger.

Steffens’ lawsuit claimed that the media giant “Woke” was engaged in a “official attempt to promote vice presidents based on their race and a memorandum that would refer to employees with the racial signator ‘Bipoc’. [black, indigenous and people of color]”

Disney’s actions were “deliberate, desperate, malicious, deliberate, oppressive and despised and became intentional and aware of the rights, well -being and safety of [Steffens]”The lawsuit said.

“Our main focus is on facts and law, and we will strongly defend our client’s interests,” he told Steffens’s lawyer on Thursday, Marcella Burke Digital Digital.

Perlmutter was fired by Iger in March 2023. The Disney boss survived a power of power of power of power, led by Perlmutter and activist Nelson Peltz.

Judicial proceedings come as Disney casts part of its diversity policies, equality and involvement between the pressure of activist investors and the Trump administration’s hit against Dei.

On Monday, Disney closed his “Reimagine Tomorrow” program, which was used to highlight history and talent from the under -represented communities. The initiative promised 50% of regular and repeated characters throughout the Disney universe would come from “under -represented groups”.

He also calmly wrapped other dei programs this week.

The Reimagine Tomorrow program aroused anger in 2022 when a magnification call was discovered throughout the company on social media.

At that time, a Disney executive asked for it “not at all the secret homosexual agenda”, while another boasted that the company was cleaning the words “ladies, gentlemen, boys and girls” in its thematic parks to avoid alienation of children transgender.

President Trump recently ordered Dei’s completion in the federal government and its contractors, which includes many private companies.

Meanwhile, companies are also under pressure from conservative critics who say Dei programs are discriminatory against non-mining.

Companies like Meta and John Deere have supported their Dei programs, while others like Apple and Costco have been pushed back. Google, GM, Intel, Pepsi, Comcast, Philip Morris and others have softened or deleted their dei language.

The Dei battle is also being fought in the courtroom.

Last week, Target was hit with a classroom action lawsuit after shareholders claimed that the retail giant deceived the investors over the risks of its Dei initiatives, which led consumers to boycott its shares in the tank.