CBS Settles DEI Lawsuit: Confidential Payout Could Reshape Hollywood Hiring Practices
In February 2024, a lawsuit was brought forward, asserting that Beneker was not offered a permanent role on the “SEAL Team” series due to his ethnicity (being a White male) and CBS’s focus on their corporate diversity initiatives. The main issue at hand was the suggestion that competence was being overshadowed by demographic quotas – a concern mirrored by an increasing number of observers in the industry and legal experts.