Former News12 Anchor Claims Company Gaslit and Bullied Her After Pay Raise Request

Former News 12 anchor Annalisa Klebers has filed a claim with the American Arbitration Association saying the company retaliated against her after she asked for a raise.

In the complaint, Klebers, who anchored the morning news for the Altice USA-owned stations in Connecticut and New Jersey, said her alleged mistreatment came after she asked about a new contract with better pay.

“What management did to me changed my life forever. I almost lost my life. My children came very close to almost losing their mother,” she told The Post. “I felt like my whole world was caving in.”

Klebers started working there in April 2018.

According to the New York Post, before the mistreatment, her supervisors praised her intelligence and work ethic and called her the “sunshine of the newsroom.”

“There were days I would work from 4 a.m. until 5 p.m. to try and complete all of the additional work that was piled on to me. I was trying to make management happy and keep my job all while my contract and pay raise were being held over my head,” Kleber told Dailymail.com.

“There were belittling comments made, managers gaslighting me and criticizing things about my performance that just didn’t make sense,” she said. “They also ignored or put down my positive contributions to the shows. It felt like management wanted me to quit or react poorly to all the thing that they were doing to me.”

When she resigned, she said Altice refused to accept her resignation, saying it was required to investigate her complaint.

“It all sent me into a spiral,” she said. “It was too much.”

“On Friday, May 13, 2022, I became very ill,” Klebers said. “I had a psychotic break. I was suicidal. This all happened in front of my husband and children and even my sister.”

She spent six days in the psych ward on suicide watch and was later fired by Altice while out on disability.

“Her career was completely derailed, such to the point that she does not see any avenue back to an anchor desk, not at News12 or any media, any newsroom anywhere,” said her attorney, Anthony Mango. “This was brought about by her just making in good faith, raising an issue for the equal pay. “It’s really rendered her disabled.”

Klebers wants the American Arbitration Association to award her the income she would have made as an anchor.

An Altice USA spokesperson told The Post, “News 12 prides itself on providing an inclusive and equitable workplace where employees can thrive and are compensated based on their skills, contributions, and merit; any gender discrimination claims are entirely baseless, and we will defend against them vigorously.”