White Sealing Writer says he was denied CBS jobs due to dei, suggesting Trump prompt settlements
The former writer of the SEAL TV show said that growing sentiment towards DEI policies may have played a role in his recent solutions with CBS and Paramount.
Brian Beneker, a former freelance writer at the CBS exhibition, confirmed he filed more than a year of claims to reach a settlement, saying he was not appointed to a permanent position for diversity, equity and inclusion or DEI policies.
Beneker specifically told dailymail.com on Tuesday. “End of the day, I want to work, obviously, hiring writers based on their jobs is no longer a way to implement these policies.
“I am with writers with zero experience with writers who have their gender or sexual behaviors that have been elevated before me. Ultimately, the purpose of the lawsuit is to attract people’s attention. ”
In a lawsuit filed in the federal court in California in February 2024, Beneker claimed that he was repeatedly written after the studio implemented an “illegal racial and sexual balance policy”, which promoted the recruitment of lower employees for certain qualified staff who identified minorities, LGBTQ or women.
Beneker claims a black LGBTQ woman ended up in a staff position.
The white writer says the growing sentiment towards DEI policies could take into account the decision to resolve his case.
“I made this before Trump took office, but it did affect the results,” he told dailymail.com. [the DEI policies] It started out as political, and this has obviously changed since President Trump took office.
Freelance script writer Brian Beneker sued CBS and Paramount Global after being allegedly sent to an employee position on the seal team, which was awarded an unqualified employee. He claimed that he did not find a job in the employee due to the network’s DEI policy
“I filed a lot of lawsuits afterwards, so was the pressure caused? I think this is a combination of the two.
According to court documents obtained by Dailymail.com, both parties requested a bias to dismiss the case, meaning neither party could consider the claim. U.S. District Judge Anne Hwang approved the firing.
‘On April 18, 2025, plaintiff Brian Beneker [“Plaintiff”] and defendants CBS Studios Inc. and Paramount Global [“Defendants” and together with Plaintiff, the “Parties”] The judge wrote.
“Considered” the parties to prejudice, the archives and records of this lawsuit and all other matters appropriately filed in the court, and the parties therefore allow the parties to have joint provisions and prejudice against dismissal.
‘The entire action was dismissed by prejudice. All parties shall bear their own attorney fees and expenses.
Dailymail.com has contacted CBS for comment.
Beneker’s case attracted national attention after the American First Legal Foundation, a conservative organization founded by Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, Beneker’s case has attracted national attention, joining the Beneker legal team of attorneys JW Howard.
Beneker’s case is represented by the Foundation, including lawsuits against other major companies such as Starbucks, Target, Target, Disney and Morgan Stanley, allegedly with discriminatory recruitment practices and quotas.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller founded the First Law Foundation of America, which focuses on violating civil rights to end DEI policies based on legal arguments
Despite the cancellation of the SEALs in late 2024, Bennett was still performing when he filed the lawsuit earlier that year.
White Bennetk said CBS and parent company Paramount owed him $500,000 in lost wages.
He co-wrote the show’s four episodes, including the finale of Season 3 “No Responsibility.”
Although praised for the quality of his work, He was repeatedly told that he would be “next”.
CBS hires others – According to the complaint, black writers, women, including lesbians, usually have no relevant experience or writing credits.
Beneker’s lawyers claimed that Showrunner Spencer Hudnut said the writers “checked the diversity box that Beneker didn’t have.”
The CBS settlement comes at a time when other major companies and companies shrink their DEI plans under pressure to comply with President Donald Trump’s execution order.
Miller slams DEI policy and calls it “company paranoia.” He said Beneck’s case would help “annihilate the poison of racial discrimination with the American workplace.”
The former show writer said he has been a freelancer since 2017 and is waiting for the staff turn to join the staff writer.
However, the last straw comes after the allegedly no writing credits or experience of assistants promoted to his writing position.
Actor David Boreanaz leads the CSB series, which first aired in September 2017 and was canceled in October 2024
“I wrote them three scripts, but then refused to still hire me and chose to promote assistants who basically didn’t write anything, which became assistants for all women,” he said. “There was obviously a pattern there. It’s me.
Benek said that despite his frustration, the SEALs had three “outstanding” performance runners and did not blame anyone on the show.
“In the end, I don’t blame or impose any blame on anyone who works on the show,” he said. “They are all just following the network’s policies.”
When he was satisfied with the settlement, Benek said he wasn’t sure if he would get any objection. For now, he is his own project.
“We’re going to see what the consequences will be,” he said. “But I hope the network is about the experience and work of the writer. Before you think about hiring them, the author must at least prove himself on the page.
He continued, “Look, there are a lot of female writers better than me, and there are some minority writers. I’m not saying don’t hire them. But when you hire someone, the only experience is that person’s performance against someone with more experience, and that’s not right. It’s all based on the fact that they checked one of them [DEI] Box. “”
