LOS ANGELES, Kalifornia (PNN) - December 13, 2021 - General Hospital actor Ingo Rademacher is suing ABC after he was fired from the popular soap opera for refusing to comply with an unlawful on-set vaccination mandate.
Rademacher, 50, who played Jasper 'Jax' Jacks on the show for 25 years, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles on Monday, claiming he had previously applied for religious exemption from getting the coronavirus vaccine after fellow cast member Steve Burton tested positive for COVID in August.
However, his application along with Burton's were denied by the TV network. The pair had previously been outspoken opponents of the unlawful coronavirus vaccine mandate that was put into effect on part of the set, known as Zone A, on November 1, where actors could initially work unmasked.