Journalist Alycia Lane was a co-anchor on the CBS affiliate station KYW-TV (CBS3) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until she was fired in January of 2008. Lane filed a lawsuit against her former employer in June of 2008, alleging that the station discriminated based on gender and neglected to protect her privacy.The Philadelphia Inquirer: Alycia Lane sues CBS3 (June 20, 2008) Lane's former co-anchor, Larry Mendte, has been convicted of hacking into Lane's personal e-mail more than 500 times and sharing information with a reporter.The Associated Press: Feds: Philly Ex-Anchor Hacked Colleague's E-Mail (July 21, 2008)

On November 25, Lane's former co-anchor, Larry Mendte, was convicted of hacking into her approximately 537 times and sharing information with a reporter at the Philadelphia News. He was sentenced to 6 months of house arrest. Mendte provided details to the reporter about Lane's criminal case in New York. Mendte co-anchored the news with Lane for four years and was fired in June 2008.The Associated Press: Feds: Philly Ex-Anchor Hacked Colleague's E-Mail (July 21, 2008) The feud allegedly began after Mendte's wife, Philadelphia news anchor Dawn Stensland, confronted him about his unprofessional relationship with Lane.Philadelphia Inquirer: Mendte gets 6 months of house arrest (November 25, 2008)