Alycia Lane

Journalist Alycia Lane was a co-anchor on the CBS affiliate station KYW-TV (CBS3) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until she was fired in January of 2008. Lane filed a lawsuit against her former employer in June of 2008, alleging that the station discriminated based on gender and neglected to protect her privacy.¹ On July 21, 2008, TV anchor Larry Mendte was charged with hacking into Lane's personal e-mail more than 500 times and sharing information with a reporter.²

Fast Facts

1. Born: May 10, 1972
2. Hometown: Lake Grove, New York
3. Is of Puerto Rican and Welsh descent
4. Masters Degree in Broadcast Journalism from Northwestern university
5. Member of the National Association of Hispanic Journalists
6. Won an Emmy Award in 2005
7. E-mailed photos of herself in a bikini to the married NFL anchorman Rich Eisen, whose wife discovered them
8. Arrested on December 16, 2007, for assaulting a police officer
9. Fired from KYW-TV on January 7, 2008
10. June of 2008: Filed a lawsuit against her former employer KYW-TV (CBS3)

Email Hacked

On July 21, 2008, news anchor Larry Mendte was charged with allegedly hacking into the email of his former co-anchor, Alycia Lane, approximately 537 times and sharing information with a reporter at the Philadelphia News. According to reports, Mendte provided details to the reporter about Lane's criminal case in New York. Mendte co-anchored the news with Lane for four years and was fired in June 2008.²

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