The Big Picture A US court has ruled that 20th Century Fox will face a religious discrimination trial after former 9-1-1 cast member Rockmond Dunbar sued over being fired from the hit show, The Hollywood Reporter has revealed. Dunbar's character was abruptly written off in the ninth episode of Season 5 after Disney declined to give the actor a vaccination exemption. Dunbar, a member of the Church of Universal Wisdom, claimed that the studio discriminated against him on religious grounds.
Rockmond Dunbar vs Twentieth Century Fox Television US District Judge Dolly Gee stated that the court didn't accept that communing with God gave Dunbar a “blanket privilege that undermines our system of ordered liberty.” She also noted that Dunbar's original claim was under unspecified medical grounds and not religious.
After the COVID-19 vaccine became available, Hollywood studios and guilds accepted that vaccination was necessary to return to work. Exceptions could be made, but in cases where there were minors under 12 years of age, unvaccinated workers couldn't work with them. At the time of Dunbar's departure, there were three actors under 12 years old, one who played Michael's child, whom he interacted with regularly.
Dunbar played Michael Grant, Athena Grant's ex-husband whose hidden sexuality led to the breakdown of their marriage. After Michael came out as gay, he and his ex-wife remained on good terms co-parenting together as Michael pursued relationships with people he was attracted to. Michael left with his boyfriend, Dr. Hale, to help in relief efforts after a massive hurricane hit Haiti. The show left the door open for Dunbar to return if his situation changed.
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