Kevin Slaten |
Baseball star Albert Pujols isn’t the only one vowing to
take legal action regarding a radio program on which the former Cardinals
slugger was accused of using steroids.
According to Dan Cesar at stltoday.com, so is Kevin Slaten and possibly Jack Clark,
who were ousted early Saturday as co-hosts of the afternoon drive-time program
on WGNU 920 AM. This follows Clark saying twice
recently on the air that Pujols’ personal trainer had told him in 2000 of the
player’s steroids use.
The story, first reported Friday in the Post-Dispatch, soon
made national news. Late that night Pujols, now with the Los Angeles Angels,
issued a lengthy statement denying the allegations and indicated he’ll sue Clark and the station to set an example for others whose
names have been brought up in what he said is a "reckless" manner.
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That led the company that owns the show, insideSTL
Enterprises, LLC, to issue a statement shortly after 12 a.m. Saturday that said
Clark and co-host Kevin Slaten in essence had
been fired. (Technically the show was cancelled because inisdeSTL, which buys
WGNU’s weekday airtime, says Clark and Slaten aren’t direct employees).
Slaten said Saturday afternoon that he’ll sue over his
termination. Clark said he’ll make a decision
on Monday.
“I don’t know what Albert Pujols’ damages are, but there are
a lot of damages for me,” said Slaten, who left KQQZ 1190 AM to join WGNU.
“Albert Pujols didn’t even mention my name. Why does this fall on me?”
Jack Clark |
“I stand by what I said,” he said Saturday. “I’m not sure
what I’m going to do, but I’m doing something for sure.”
Slaten said he got the termination call from insideSTL
president Tim McKernan around midnight.
“I said ‘What?,”’ Slaten said. “He said, ‘We have to do
what’s in the best interest of the company.’ I said, ‘You tell me how firing me
is in the best interest of the company when you and (WGNU boss Burt Kaufman)
said (earlier) that I did nothing wrong.”
Slaten said McKernan told him, “‘I know that, but everybody
associated with the show has to go.
“I said, ‘Did you fire the producer? Did you fire yourself,
you’re the one who paired us, did you fire yourself?’”
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