Editing Bob Barker (section)

===Lawsuits===
In the late 1980s, Barker accused the [[American Humane|American Humane Society]] and the [[United Activists for Animal Rights]] of condoning animal cruelty on the set of ''[[Project X (1987 film)|Project X]]'' and in several other media projects on the basis of allowing a [[cattle prod]] and a gun on set, and a rumored beating of a chimpanzee on set. American Humane responded by suing Barker for $10&nbsp;million, citing [[Defamation|libel, slander]] and [[Expectation of privacy|invasion of privacy]].<ref name=SFH>{{cite news |url=http://www.people.com/people/archive/article/0,,20121207,00.html |title=Speaking Up for 'Abused' Animals, Bob Barker Is Hit with a Lawsuit |work=[[People (magazine)|People]] |date=September 18, 1989 |access-date=February 28, 2013 |author1=Lucinda Smith |author2=Leah Feldon |author3=Eleanor Hoover }}</ref> American Humane claimed that there had been a two-year "[[Feud|vendetta]]" against them behind the accusations.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1314&dat=19890830&id=kPwRAAAAIBAJ&pg=5267,6009396 |title=Game Show Host Sued For Libel |newspaper=[[The Spokesman-Review]] |date=August 31, 1989 |agency =[[Associated Press]] |access-date=February 28, 2013 |page=A7}}</ref> In a series of public advertisements along with the lawsuit, American Humane responded to Barker's claims that his allegations were made based on insufficient and misleading information.<ref name=SFH /> The suit was eventually settled by Barker's insurance company, which paid American Humane $300,000.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=LA&p_theme=la&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EF66A158B43F4AC&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM |title=Animal Board Official Seeks Conflict-of-Interest Probe |date=March 30, 1994 |access-date=March 4, 2013 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Daily News]]}}</ref>

In 1994, former model [[Dian Parkinson]] filed a lawsuit against Barker alleging [[sexual harassment]] following a three-year affair while working on ''[[The Price Is Right]]''. Parkinson, who alleged that she was extorted by threats of firing, later dropped her lawsuit, claiming the stress from the ordeal was damaging her health.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yuddy.com/celebrity/dian-parkinson/bio |title=Dian Parkinson Bio |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20071213073820/http://www.yuddy.com/celebrity/dian-parkinson/bio |archivedate=December 13, 2007}}</ref>

In 1995, model [[Holly Hallstrom]] left ''The Price Is Right'' and later filed suit against Barker, alleging that the reason she was fired was not so much because of her {{convert|14|lbs|adj=on}} medication-mediated weight gain (as documented) but because, to Barker's displeasure, she refused to give false information to the media regarding Parkinson's suit, as she alleges Barker had requested she do. Barker countersued for [[slander]], but Hallstrom prevailed, receiving a [[Settlement (litigation)|settlement]] in 2005.<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Romero|first=Frances|date=September 12, 2011|title='Price is Right' Model Lawsuit: Latest in a History of Harassment Claims|language=en-US|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|url=https://newsfeed.time.com/2011/09/12/price-is-right-model-lawsuit-latest-in-a-history-of-harassment-claims/|access-date=March 17, 2021|issn=0040-781X}}</ref>

In October 2007, Deborah Curling, a CBS employee assigned to ''The Price Is Right'', filed a [[lawsuit]] against CBS, Bob Barker, and ''The Price Is Right'' producers, claiming that she was forced to quit her job after testifying against Barker in a wrongful-termination lawsuit brought by a previous show producer. Curling claimed that she was demoted to an "intolerable work environment" backstage, which caused her to leave the job. Curling, who is black, also alleged that the show's producers, including Barker, created a hostile work environment in which black employees and contestants were discriminated against.<ref>{{cite news|title="Price Is Right" Employee Sues Bob Barker, Producers|agency=Associated Press|date=October 5, 2007|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299553,00.html|publisher=[[Fox News]]|location=New York City|access-date=October 5, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071025045626/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,299553,00.html|archive-date=October 25, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref> A few months later, Barker was removed from the lawsuit, and in September 2009, the lawsuit was dismissed. Curling's attorney stated that he planned to appeal the dismissal of the lawsuit.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theinsider.com/news/1114222_Barker_removed_from_wrongful_termination_suit|title=Barker removed from wrongful termination suit}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=September 18, 2009|title=Bob Barker, 'Price is Right' lawsuit tossed|url=http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i0d52172227325f28c1048f750ef97812|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151018105421/http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i0d52172227325f28c1048f750ef97812|archive-date=October 18, 2015|access-date=September 18, 2009|publisher=TRH.com}}</ref> In January 2012, the [[California Court of Appeals]] affirmed the dismissal.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curling v. CBS Broadcasting Inc. |url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/In%20CACO%2020120124032 |access-date=October 1, 2014}}</ref>