A Woman Who Got Called ‘Central Park Karen’ Lost an Appeal in a Lawsuit About Her Finance Job

The woman labelled “Central Park Karen” after a confrontation with a Black man lost an appeal against the dismissal of a lawsuit that named her former employer.

In September Amy Cooper lost a wrongful termination lawsuit she lodged after being fired for confronting a birdwatcher Christian Cooper (no relation) in New York’s Central Park in May 2020.

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In a video he posted on social media, Amy Cooper appeared to call the police and could be heard saying an African-American man was “threatening me and my dog” {snip}

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However, her employer Franklin Templeton fired Cooper a day after the video went viral, tweeting: “We do not tolerate racism of any kind.”

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In a lawsuit filed in 2021 against Franklin Templeton, Cooper argued that she was fired on the basis of employment discrimination, claiming her employers didn’t appropriately review the incident, as well as defamation for being portrayed as a racist. {snip}

In their ruling rejecting her later appeal, the judges again dismissed these claims, saying they did not meet the threshold for defamation.

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