According to a lawsuit from a former ESPN employee, Chris Berman, an ESPN host, left Jemele Hill a racist voicemail,  reported TMZ. Adrienne Lawrence, a former legal analyst at the network, claims the incident happened in 2016 and when Hill reported the incident, ESPN ignored it.

“In early 2016, ESPN's 'The Undefeated' personality Jemele Hill received a threatening and racially disparaging voicemail from Berman on her ESPN phone line," said Lawrence.

The incident was reported to Marcia Keegan, who oversaw His and Hers, the show Hill used to host, but “nothing was done."

Lawrence added that Berman has been involved in numerous incidents with women but "remains a celebrated and welcome ESPN employee."

Hill is not involved in the lawsuit, and has not said anything about the allegations. Berman has been silent as well.

Hill was mentioned in the suit in order to illustrate Lawrence's complaint of ESPN fostering a hostile work environment rife with sexual harassment, Bleacher Report reports.

Lawrence alleges ESPN broadcaster John Buccigross mistreated her after she rejected his sexual advances. Lawrence said Buccigross sent her shirtless pictures and called her pet names including "dollface," "#dreamgirl" and "#longlegs" in text messages.

ESPN released a statement to the Boston Globe refuting the allegations.

“We conducted a thorough investigation and found these claims to be entirely without merit," ESPN spokesperson Katina Arnold said; and concluded "The company will vigorously defend its position and we are confident we will prevail in court.”

Arnold also claims the exchanges were consensual, and provided screenshots of text messages for proof.

“Additionally, if you consider the attached portions of text messages exchanged between Ms. Lawrence (in blue) and Mr. Buccigross, it’s clear that they had a consensual, personal friendship that spanned months.”