But, Sherman reports, “the arrangement required her to do many things she is now horrified by, including luring young female Fox employees into one-on-one situations with Ailes that Luhn knew could result in harassment”.
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Laurie Luhn, a former Fox News booker, told lawyers at Paul, Weiss that Ailes, 76, sexually harassed and “tortured” her for over 20 years, according to NY magazine. Laurie Luhn told the lawyers at Paul, Weiss that she had been harassed by Ailes for more than 20 years, that executives at Fox News had known about it and helped cover it up, and that it had ruined her life. She soon found herself as the Director of Bookings. Since he stepped down last week, a number of current and former Fox employees have come forward with lurid tales of a frat house atmosphere at the company, in which male managers and other personnel routinely harass women and demand sexual favors in return for career boosts.
Gretchen Carlson, who was a broadcaster for the news network, has also accused Ailes of making sexual advances toward her.
A Fox News correspondent who used to speak with Ailes regularly said Ailes has been told not to communicate with any staffers, and two executives confirmed this. Carlson, 50, is a former Miss America and an honours graduate of Stanford University who joined Fox News in 2005, after a stint at CBS. Carlson told The Washington Post shortly afterward she “felt angry that it took so long”.
She went on to tell the outlet that her focus has been on maintaining a sense of normalcy for her family.
Sources told CNNMoney that the Brock incident happened five years ago when Politico CEO Fred Ryan met with Ailes to ease friction between the two news organizations.
The review was announced on July 6, the day that ex-anchor Gretchen Carlson sued Ailes, alleging sexual harassment and retaliation.
This video includes images from Getty Images. She said she had an off-hours conversation with Carlson when they were both on assignment in London once and Carlson had complained that she was unhappy at Fox. “You’re going to find me whores'”.
Later, more women came forward with allegations against Ailes. [.] When she had finished dancing, Ailes told her to get down on her knees in front of him, she said, and put his hands on her temples. Luhn hired an attorney to negotiate her exit from Fox. “Go over there. Dance for me”, she recalled him saying. Thx 4 being courageous & telling ur story too. “Whether I am a insane person or not, I am reporting sexual harassment”.
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Ailes’ lawyer, Susan Estrich, did not respond to request for comment on the piece itself, but has since issued a statement saying that Ailes denies the allegations and suggesting that Luhn is “the subject of journalistic exploitation”. “I was programmed”, she said.
