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07-06-2016, 04:50 PM
Gretchen Carlson Sues Fox News CEO Roger Ailes for Sexual Harassment
by Liz Raftery
July 6, 2016
Longtime Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, TVGuide.com has learned.
Carlson, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends", was fired on June 23 despite the fact that her show "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" was the leading cable news show in its afternoon time slot. In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New Jersey Superior Court, Carlson alleges that she was terminated because she refused to sleep with Ailes and, "tried to challenge what she felt was unequal treatment of her in the newsroom by some of her male colleagues."
In a meeting last September with Ailes, in which Carlson brought up her treatment in the newsroom, her boss allegedly told her:
"I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you'd be good and better and I'd be good and better. ... Sometimes problems are easier to solve [that way]."
Carlson, who worked at Fox News for 11 years, believes Ailes retaliated against her after she reported sexist behavior on the part of her "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy by removing her from "Fox & Friends" and replacing her with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Carlson was moved to a 2 p.m. time slot to host "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson", at a "significantly" lower pay rate. She claims that Ailes called her a "man hater," and also made numerous comments about her physical appearance, and complained about his marriage during the time of her employment.
Carlson is seeking an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages.
She has not addressed the lawsuit publicly, but posted on Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, asking her fans to please keep in touch:
"As you may have heard, I'm no longer with @FoxNews. I value your support and friendship so please stay in touch: http://facebook.com/therealgretchencarlson"
http://www.tvguide.com/news/gretchen-carlson-sues-roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-fox-news/
by Liz Raftery
July 6, 2016
Longtime Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, TVGuide.com has learned.
Carlson, a former co-host of "Fox & Friends", was fired on June 23 despite the fact that her show "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson" was the leading cable news show in its afternoon time slot. In the lawsuit, filed Wednesday in New Jersey Superior Court, Carlson alleges that she was terminated because she refused to sleep with Ailes and, "tried to challenge what she felt was unequal treatment of her in the newsroom by some of her male colleagues."
In a meeting last September with Ailes, in which Carlson brought up her treatment in the newsroom, her boss allegedly told her:
"I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you'd be good and better and I'd be good and better. ... Sometimes problems are easier to solve [that way]."
Carlson, who worked at Fox News for 11 years, believes Ailes retaliated against her after she reported sexist behavior on the part of her "Fox & Friends" co-host Steve Doocy by removing her from "Fox & Friends" and replacing her with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Carlson was moved to a 2 p.m. time slot to host "The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson", at a "significantly" lower pay rate. She claims that Ailes called her a "man hater," and also made numerous comments about her physical appearance, and complained about his marriage during the time of her employment.
Carlson is seeking an undisclosed amount of compensatory and punitive damages.
She has not addressed the lawsuit publicly, but posted on Twitter and Facebook on Wednesday, asking her fans to please keep in touch:
"As you may have heard, I'm no longer with @FoxNews. I value your support and friendship so please stay in touch: http://facebook.com/therealgretchencarlson"
http://www.tvguide.com/news/gretchen-carlson-sues-roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-fox-news/