Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson’s harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in NY.
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Donald TrumpDonald TrumpGinsburg said she goofed on Trump comments Trump: Bastille Day terrorist attack “horrific” Democrats “freaked out” about polls in meeting with Clinton MORE is defending Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, saying he doesn’t believe the sexual harassment allegations against the cable news executive.
Since Carlson filed her suit, six additional women ― some on the record, others anonymously ― have told NY magazine’s Gabriel Sherman that Ailes harassed them while he held TV executive and political consultant positions prior to the 1996 launch of Fox News. Friday’s petition said he is withdrawing that motion, and seeking to move his federal case to Manhattan.
Carlson leveled allegations last Wednesday in a suit filed in Superior Court of New Jersey charging Ailes had propositioned her sexually and that she had suffered unfair treatment from Steve Doocy, her co-host for several years on “Fox & Friends”, the Fox News morning program.
“When Fox News did not commence any negotiations to renew her contract, Ms. Carlson became aware that her career with the network was likely over and conveniently began to pursue a lawsuit”, he added. In a statement, Ailes has called her charges false and said they came in retaliation for her contact with Fox News not being renewed. “He blackballed me”, Boyle said of Ailes when she rejected the sexual advances she says he made. Carlson’s primary residence is in CT and Ailes’ is in NY.
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Meanwhile, a new video has surfaced of Carlson’s time on Fox & Friends.
