Kym Valentine suing over Neighbours role

Former Neighbours star Kym Valentine is suing FremantleMedia two years after she left the show.

Fairfax reports she is suing them over sex and disability discrimination, demanding they rehire her as Libby Kennedy.

She alleges FremantleMedia Australia, legal director Steven Rosser and former Neighbours producers Susan Bower and Neal Kingston engaged in unlawful discrimination.

Fairfax Media reports she is seeking compensation for lost wages and “pain, hurt, suffering and humiliation”, an acknowledgment that she suffered unlawful discrimination and an apology.

She claims FremantleMedia failed to provide “a working environment that was safe” and that it breached “the relationship of trust and confidence”.

FremantleMedia said at the time it supported her need to address health problems while actress Michala Banas stepped into the role.

“It has been done so when she is ready to return she (Libby) can walk straight back into the show,” said Bower.

But Valentine never did return.

Neither Valentine’s lawyer nor FremantleMedia would comment.