Portland OR Radio: Producer Sues CCM+E Talk Host

Paul Linnman

KEX 1190 AM personality/talker Paul Linnman groped a co-worker's butt and then licked his lips as he stared at her breasts, the woman claims in court.

According to Courthouse News Service,  Kailee Kinney sued Clear Channel Broadcasting and Paul Linnman in Multnomah County Court.

Kinney is a producer and account executive.  Linnman hosts the Morning Update on KEX.  He's worked for nearly 30 years as a television news reporter and anchor

Kinney is demanding $325,000. She claims that Linnman "came up behind plaintiff and groped her buttocks, a sexually intimate part of her body. Linnman used an open palm to slap Plaintiff's buttocks and then grabbed and squeezed plaintiff's buttocks."

That same day, she says, "Linnman approached plaintiff for a second time, stating, 'l should apologize but that black dress ... you look great in that black dress.' Linnman licked his lips and stared at plaintiff's breasts as he made this comment to plaintiff."

Kinney says she found this offensive.