Amy Jacobson
July 2008: Former Chicago reporter Amy Jacobson filed a lawsuit against the CBS-owned television station WBBM. She took legal action a year after the station aired a video of her in a bikini at the home of Craig Stebic, the husband of a missing Plainfield, Illinois woman. Jacobson claims the rival television station aired the tape to "boost ratings."1
Fast Facts
- Jacobson was fired from her job at NBC-affiliate WMAQ in July 20071
- Jacobson says she has been unable to find work as a reporter since losing her job2
- Jacobson's lawsuit claims defamation, invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress3
- Jacobson is suing CBS and four employees of WBBM1
- Jacobson and her husband, Jaime Anglada, are seeking over $1 million in damages4
The Tape and the Lawsuit
Amy Jacobson was fired from her job at WMAQ shortly after rival station WBBM ran a story featuring the reporter in a swimsuit at the home of Craig Stebic. Stebic's estranged wife, Lisa Stebic, vanished in April 2007, and Jacobson was covering the story. Jacobson says she went to the Stebic home at the invitation of Stebic's sister, and wound up swimming with Stebic's children. Jacobson's lawsuit claims WBBM employees "wanted the public to believe that Plaintiff Jacobson had a sexual liaison with Craig Stebic."1
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