The Fox News parent company, 21st Century Fox, offered a public apology to Carlson, who filed suit against Ailes in July, saying he took her off a popular show and cut her pay because she refused to have a sexual relationship with him.
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A Fox News report stated that Van Susteren had asked to renegotiate her contract with the network in the wake of Ailes’ departure.
In her lawsuit, filed in Superior Court of New Jersey, Carlson alleged she was removed from “Fox & Friends” in 2013 after she complained about behavior by co-host Steve Doocy, and then moved to an afternoon program as a way to diminish her presence at the network. I want to thank all the courageous women who came forward to tell their own stories and the many people across the country who embraced and supported me in their #StandWithGretchen.
NY magazine had reported that Carlson had taped her conversations with Ailes over the course of a year.
Fox News, which Nielsen ratings data shows is the most watched channel in basic cable television this year, still is fighting sexual harassment claims in NY state court.
Ms Carlson said: “I am gratified that 21st Century Fox took decisive action after I filed my complaint”. Fox mainstay Bill O’Reilly, who turns 67 on Saturday, has mused publicly about the idea of retirement, and it’s unclear how Ailes’ departure will affect him. He built it into a dominant news network and a force in Republican politics.
Ailes, the powerful Fox News CEO and chairman, resigned in the wake of the allegations, which he has continuously denied.
Behind the scenes, her lawsuit said, Fox News was “a sex-fueled, Playboy Mansion-like cult, steeped in intimidation, indecency and misogyny”.
Two weeks after Carlson sued, Ailes was gone, reportedly with a $40 million payout.
Mr Ailes worked on the presidential campaigns of Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H W Bush before going on to set up Fox News in 1996.
Starting Tuesday, she’s being temporarily replaced in her 7 p.m. ET time slot by Fox veteran Brit Hume, at least through the election.
“We are grateful for Greta’s many contributions over the years and wish her continued success”, the network’s co-presidents, Jack Abernethy and Bill Shine, said in a statement.
Hume is a senior political commentator for Fox.
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Roger Ailes became a leading figure in U.S. cable news after Rupert Murdoch brought him in to set up Fox in the mid-1990s.
