EXCLUSIVE! Sources say ABC News Pressuring Reporter to Resign (Updated)

Last month, FTVLive told you that ABC News reporter Matt Gutman has been suspended after he inaccurately speculated in an on-air report that all four of Kobe Bryant’s kids were on board the helicopter that crashed on a hillside in Calabasas, California.

Sources tell FTVLive that ABC suspended Gutman for a month, but word is that some insider ABC’s standards and practices are lobbying to have Gutman resign from the network.

But there is more.

Word is that the network has an investigation underway into the actions of one of the top executives of ABC News. Sources tell FTVLive that an HR is looking into the executive for “allegedly called Gutman right after his error and "coached" him on what to tell legal and standards attorneys, in order to lessen the blow.”

Insiders tell FTVLive that the ABC suits in Burbank want the executive to resign because she protected Gutman at the expense of the reputation of ABC News.

Stay tuned…

Update: ABC News emailed FTVLive saying, “there’s no truth to this rumor whatsoever”

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