Kate Merrill, the former WBZ anchor who filed a discrimination lawsuit earlier this year, dropped her claims against one of the two Black employees named as defendants in the federal suit.

Merrill, who joined WBZ in 2004, served as the co-anchor of the morning and noon news from 2017 until her abrupt departure in June of 2024 . She filed a lawsuit in August, claiming she was discriminated against as a white woman.

She was demoted, a move that precipitated her resignation, after two former colleagues filed a complaint against her, she alleges in the lawsuit. CBS employees Courtney Cole and Jason Mikell, who are both Black and allegedly accused Merrill of making racist remarks, were among the defendants.

Merrill voluntarily dismissed her claims against Cole last week, according to the

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