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In 2013, Paula Deen was a celebrity chef with several television shows, cookbooks, a magazine and restaurants. Then, she went away.

Racial slur. the lawsuit was brought by a woman who worked in her restaurant that was owned by paula deen and her brother. she worked there for about five years and claimed that they racially discriminated against her as well as sexually harassed her. she told the judge that she was biracial but now, the judge has ruled that shes white and she has no standing to sue for racial discrimination, writing, im quoting, plaintiffs claims under the civil rights act of 1866 and title 7 of the civil right...

Motions are rarely granted. it tells us a lot about the strength of the plaintiffs claims, they were weak. >> reporter: they are pleased with the ruling. miss deen is confident those who know how she lives her life knows she believes in equal opportunity and fairness for everyone. deen was stressed into a second trial, this time in the court of public opinion. >> the day i used that word, it was a world ago. it was 30 years ago. i had had a gun put to my head. >> deen and her family went on the ...

And the more she talks, the more you start saying wait a minute. >> yeah. >> so its more than giving her the benefit of a doubt 20, 30 years ago. and youve got to look at present allegations. >> thats right. >> so i think that if were talking about using it 30 years ago, thats one thing. if were talking about the fact shes being sued now -- >> well, her brothers being sued. yeah. >> her brothers being sued. and this continuing redoing the story. now youre starting to say, wait a minute here. wha...

Networks decision to dump deen. great move. it had to be done. disrespectful slurs will not be tolerat tolerated. and the fallout could continue. listen to what qvc told cnn. >> were watching those developments closely and reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. >> and walmart which sells her products has not commented on the future of their relationship. her cookware is also sold at target and k-mart. the case is ongoing and she thanked the food network for 11 great years. but she h...

That white people feel. >> reporter: shortly after her public apology, the food network said it was not renewing her contract, putting an end to her three shows. the scandal has whipped up more than 13,000 comments on the food networks facebook page. food network, im firing you, good-bye, wrote one user. others applaud the food networks decision to dump deen. "great move food network. it had to be done. disrespectful slurs will not be tolerated." and the fallout could continue. listen to what qv...

One. others applaud the food networks decision to dump deen. great move. it has to be done. disrespectful slurs will not be tolerat tolerated. and the fallout could continue. listen to what qvc which carries deens line of cookware told cnn. >> were watching those developments closely and reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. >> walmart has not yet commented on the future of their relationship. meantime the case shes involved in is ongoing. and deen released a statement thanking the...

And that the food network should not have canceled her contract. other corporate partners are reconsidering their ties with her. >> we share the concerns that are being raised about the unfortunate paula deen situation. qvc does not tolerate discriminatory behavior. were aware that theres ongoing litigation examining the situation. were watching those developments closely. and reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. >> she and her brother are sued. i spoke to james panawoznik and car...

Litigation thats examining the situation. were watching those developments closely and reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. >> so theyre re-examining it as could be others, target and walmart, the fallout keeps going here, fred. >> all right. nick, thanks so much. coming up next, back to edward snowden and his dramatic exit from hong kong, how he managed to get out and where he might be headed next and wheat f anything the u.s. plans to do about it. talking about todays developm...

Used the "n" word back when america was still segregated. her lawyer sent out this statement. contrary to media reports miss deen does not condone or find the use of racial epithets acceptable. she is looking forward to her day in court. were watching to see when that statement comes out. the video statement. well keep you updated. as soon as we get it, its released, youll see it right here on cnn. i want to bring in now political analyst kelly goff. kelly, its interesting to hear the statement ...