After being brutally attacked in St. Maarten last year, CBS producer Dick Jefferson lost his job — for speaking out about the ordeal, claims his new $50 million sexual harassment lawsuit against the network, relays Queerty. As you'll recall, Jefferson and fellow CBS staffer Ryan Smith were beaten to within an inch of their lives, as Smith exclusively told Queerty. It was only after they used their clout as media professionals did their story receive any attention, and their alleged attackers apprehended and prosecuted.

Now, as blogger Kenneth In the 212 reports, CBS is said to have attempted to silence Jefferson, with CBS News senior VP Linda Mason "began issuing a series of orders to control his public comments about his personal vacation nightmare. Jefferson says senior CBS News executives had decided that because of its 'sensitive nature,' the assault was too 'controversial.'"

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