An iHeartMedia radio executive is out of a job after a video of him repeatedly using racial slurs surfaced, according to a spokesperson for the company.
iHeartMedia-Atlanta’s president Drew Lauter is “no longer with the company,” Meg Stevens, a senior vice president of programming at the company, told CNN in an email.
CNN obtained the videos from attorney Jason Castle, who represents a Black iHeart executive who was riding in the car and recorded the videos. They were taken in August 2021 while the group was leaving a local charity golf tournament, he says.
The videos show Lauter using multiple variations of the n-word and other expletives as he rides in the backseat of a vehicle.
He is also shown reaching into the front seat, grabbing the driver – a male member of iHeartMedia’s regional senior sales team – and mimicking fondling while using aggressive, offensive and sexist language. Lauter appears to be inebriated throughout the clips. Read more at www.cnn.com
