 Perez has also worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles station KCAL-TV, as a producer of "The Ricki Lake Show" and "The Montel Williams Show".Perez was the main evening anchor at Miami's ABC affiliate WPLG.He was terminated from this position on August 6, 2009, after he filed a discrimination complaint against the station, regarding supposed prejudice over what his attorney cited as the increasing public awareness of his sexual orientation that resulted in his being removed from anchoring Channel 10's weeknight newscasts.