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When The Checks Stop Coming In: Paula Deen’s Restaurant Permanently Shuttered After 10 Years, Employees Informed Via Facebook!!!

The restaurant that was at the center of Paula Deen discrimination allegations has been closed for good. Uncle Bubba’s Seafood And Oyster House Co-Owned By Paula Deen And Brother Permanently Closed The messed up part about it is that employees of the restaurant learned of its closing the same way as the rest of the world — via a Facebook status message posted earlier Thursday. As you would probably expect, the employees were none too pleased about this. Read a few reactions below: News 3 Savannah published the following statement released via the restaurant’s marketing and public relations company: “Since its opening in 2004, Uncle Bubba’s Oyster House has been a destination for residents and tourists in Savannah, offering the region’s freshest seafood and oysters. However, the restaurant’s owner and operator, Bubba Hiers, has made the decision to close the restaurant in order to explore development options for the waterfront property on which the restaurant is located. At this point, no specific plans have been announced and a range of uses are under consideration in order realize the highest and best use for the property. The closing is effective today, Thursday, April 3, 2014. Employees will be provided with severance based on position and tenure with the restaurant. All effort will be made to find employees comparable employment with other Savannah restaurant organizations.” Well at least they’re going to try and find them new jobs right? SMH… SplashNews

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Paula Deen Fires Legal Team, Hires "Scandal" Inspiration

The drama around Paula Deen continues today as reports say she has fired her legal team, led by the firm of Oliver Maner. Deen also fired her agent last week. Maner was defending her against a civil lawsuit filed by Lisa Jackson , a former manager of Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House that Deen co-owns. A source close to Deen says “she and her team decided the previous attorneys were out of their depth,” so she hired a replacement, Grace Speights. The Washington, D.C.-based partner in Morgan Lewis’s Labor and Employment practice brings “one of the top labor firms in the country,” says the source. Her new legal team also consists of Patricia Glaser, whom The Hollywood Reporter calls one of America’s top entertainment power lawyers this year. Deen is continuing to work with the PR firm The Rose Group and has also hired Judy Smith, the inspiration for the main character, Olivia Pope, on Scandal . In all, she hopes to rebound from her dramatic downfall, in which she lost a multitude of business deals, following her admission to using racial slurs . Deen made that revelation during a legal deposition in connection with Lisa Jackson’s civil suit, which she denies the basis for and wants thrown out.

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