Reports: Popular Georgia restaurant at centre of Paula Deen lawsuit closes its doors

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FILE - In this June 23, 2006 file photo, Uncle Bubba\'s Oyster House chef and owner Bubba Hiers, who is also Paula Deen\'s brother, grills oysters at the Savannah, Ga. restaurant. The wildly popular Georgia restaurant at the center of a lawsuit that left the reputation of famed Southern celebrity cook Paula Deen in shambles has reportedly closed. The Savannah Morning News and WSAV television both reported Thursday April 3, 2014 that Uncle Bubba\'s Seafood & Oyster House announced the closure on its Facebook page. (AP Photo/Stephen Morton, File)

SAVANNAH, Ga. – A wildly popular Georgia restaurant at the centre of a lawsuit that left the reputation of famed Southern celebrity cook Paula Deen in shambles has reportedly closed.

The Savannah Morning News (http://bit.ly/1owsS1s ) and WSAV television (http://bit.ly/1gseldc ) both reported Thursday that Uncle Bubba’s Seafood & Oyster House announced the closure on its Facebook page. Both also cited a statement from a public relations firm representing the Savannah-based restaurant. Contact information for the firm could not be obtained immediately.

Deen co-owned the restaurant with her brother Bubba Hiers. Former restaurant manager Lisa Jackson sued them both in 2012, alleging sexual harassment and employment practices that were unfair to black workers.

The lawsuit was dismissed after lawyers reached a deal, but Deen’s reputation was seriously damaged after she admitted during legal proceedings that she had used racial slurs in the past.

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