In previous years, Kern was accused of engaging in sexual harassment, as well as making racially insensitive comments, with the show’s human resources department looking into the claims.
However, it’s been reported that Grant’s decision was unrelated to Kern’s actions.
Steps were reportedly taken to curb that behavior, and Kern remained the showrunner throughout.
No doubt some speculation will surface that Shalita Grant’s decision to leave NCIS: New Orleans will have something to do with showrunner Brad Kern, who was at the center of a report that he’d been investigated multiple times for workplace misconduct.