ran and whether or not he has a clean slate as an executive producer and whether they might not want to reconsider some of the other people who were contenders for that slot. >> since you brought up the lawsuits, let me add more detail to that. you mentioned the discrimination lawsuit from 2010 with a former model who accused mr. richards of treating her differently after she announced she was pregnant. documents show the suit was settled out of court. there was another model in 2011 who accused mr. richards treating her differently than other models. a copy of that suit from the "times" says he refused to speak to her about anything. the suit was later dropped and the suit was settled, according to "the daily beast." as we mentioned, "jeopardy!" has declined to comment on the allegations. i wonder what your read is on this. on one hand, i feel like it could be a head fake. we spoke to levar burton and he said it would make him exceedingly glad to be the next