Veteran Reporter and Single Mom Sues The Messenger for Leaving Her ‘High and Dry’

Political journalist Amie Parnes is suing defunct media startup The Messenger and its founder Jimmy Finkelstein for breach of contract.

She alleges Finkelstein lured her to the “centrist” news site with promises of a substantial severance package that he reneged on after The Messenger’s abrupt collapse.

Parnes’ complaint, which was filed late last month in Florida, is at least the fourth lawsuit filed by ex-Messenger employees accusing Finkelstein of welching on severance pay after the site spectacularly crashed and burned in late January, leaving nearly 300 staffers suddenly jobless.

Read more at The Daily Beast.