# CBS News’ Matt Gutman sued for sexual harassment by ex-producer 2026-08-15T18:08:24+00:00 | World & Diplomacy | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet CBS News correspondent Matt Gutman has been accused of sexual harassment by former ABC News producer Samira Said in a lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. Said alleges Gutman made inappropriate sexual comments during two work assignments years ago, including rating a female correspondent’s looks and making a sexual remark about Said at a film event. Other male crew members allegedly joined the conversations and tried to involve her. The lawsuit also names ABC News and The Walt Disney Company, accusing them of wrongful termination and failing to accommodate Said’s health issues. She claims she was dismissed in 2025 after experiencing mental health problems and denied medical leave despite a psychiatrist’s recommendation. Neither CBS News nor Gutman has commented. Gutman joined CBS in January 2026 after nearly two decades at ABC. ## Coverage - timesnownews.com This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: ABC News, CBS News, Disney+, Los Angeles, Matt Gutman, Samira Said Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/cbs-news-matt-gutman-sued-for-sexual-harassment-by-ex-producer/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/cbs-news-matt-gutman-sued-for-sexual-harassment-by-ex-producer/#story-in-brief Review state: restored archive article, accurate at time of publication, not offered to search indexes. How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/