• 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)

• 1. Born: May 10, 1972
  2. Hometown: Lake Grove, New York
  3. Is of Puerto Rican and Welsh descent
  4. Masters Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern university
  5. Member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists
  6. Won an Emmy Award in 2005
  7. E-mailed photos of herself in a bikini to the married NFL anchorman Rich Eisen, whose wife discovered them
  8. Arrested on December 16, 2007, for assaulting a police officer
  9. Fired from KYW-TV on January 7, 2008
  10. June of 2008: Filed a lawsuit against her former employer KYW-TV (CBS3)

• Email Hacked

  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)

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