General Hospital news says that Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jasper Jacks) is suing the Disney-owned ABC network over their vaccine mandate. Both Rademacher and his former co-star Steve Burton (ex-Jason Morgan) were both let go from the hit daytime television show for refusing to comply with the vaccine mandate. Keep reading below for everything you need to know.
According to Variety, Rademacher says in his lawsuit that the COVID vaccine mandate is unconstitutional and amounts to religious discrimination. He is also being repped by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and John W. Howard, an attorney who has already filed several lawsuits challenging the vaccine mandates.
“I am entitled to a religious exemption against mandatory vaccination for COVID-19 on the basis of my deeply and sincerely held moral belief that my body is endowed by my creator with natural processes to protect me and that its natural integrity cannot ethically be violated by the administration of artificially created copies of genetic material, foreign to nature and experimental,” Rademacher wrote in an Oct. 11 email to Disney’s HR department.
The lawsuit further states that the actor was then asked to participate in an interview with an HR lawyer about his religious exemption, which he likened to a “cross-examination.”
In addition, Rademacher’s lawsuit also claims that the vaccine mandate violated his right to privacy. “This should not be a political issue,” the suit states. “There is no need for everybody to get the COVID-19 shot, even if the president demands it.”
So far Disney has not made any comments about the lawsuit. Rademacher is yet to make any comments on social media as well.
However, in a statement to People, Rademacher’s lawyer, Scott Street of JW Howard Attorneys, says, “This case is about freedom, including freedom of religion and the right to privacy that all Californians have under our state constitution. Cases decided a hundred years ago don’t change that. The world has evolved since then. The law has evolved since then. We look forward to litigating those issues in court.”
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I applaud your decision Ingo. Don’t let them strong arm you. You have rights.
Bull$h*t
i would not watch him on any show now. what makes him think he is so special? If his religion doesnt believe in shots then he should not be around people at all.. because he is not thinking about protecting others just his body. he seems very self centered . what a downer!
I TOTALLY agree with Ingo and hope he wins his lawsuit
While I believe in the vaccine even before it was mandated I think it is a worker’s right to decide for themselves whether they will get the vaccine. However, whether you have been vaccinated or not there have been protocols put in place for Covid 19 in the NFL, baseball, etc and I think those protocols should be available for workers to be able to continue their livelihood if they have not been vaccinated.
You have to be kidding!!!!
Go Ingo!! God Bless
I hope he goes back to Australia - we don't need him here - never liked Jasper Jax anyway. I've watch GH since it began over 50 years ago.
I agree with Ingo and Steve it is their right to decide if they want the shot or not. Freedom of speech.
I think Ingo and Steve should sue Disney, ABC and GH for them been discriminated against Re them not wanting to receive the vaccination. Biden is a buffoon and I don’t know why CEO’s of corporations and hospitals are going along with an unconstitutional mandate.
It’s very simple. He has a perfect right to not be vaccinated, but his employer and co-workers also have rights to a safe workplace, particularly when working in close quarters on a tv show. Mr. Rademacher is free to remain unvaccinated, but not to compromise his co-workers’ health.
Yes I agree with Ingo. Proud of him for standing up for his beliefs.