Fox News filed a letter Wednesday threatening sanctions against Wigdor Llp, which initially represented Cathy Areu, one of the women who accused top Fox News talent of sexual misconduct in July.
Areu, Fox News’ lawyers at Proskauer Rose Llp say, engaged in “serious misconduct by making patently false allegations of sexual misconduct” against on-air hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz and Gianno Caldwell.
Areu’s co-plaintiff, Jennifer Eckhart, also accused Ed Henry of misconduct. Fox News has not disputed the accusations against Henry from the two women and fired him in July.
Also Read: Fox News Fires 'America's Newsroom' Co-Host Ed Henry After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
In the letter, obtained and reviewed by TheWrap, lawyers for Fox News request the judge “object to the request by Plaintiff Cathy Areu for an extension of time to respond to the Fox News Defendants’ Rule 11 Notice,” which was served on Aug. 7.
“The...
Areu, Fox News’ lawyers at Proskauer Rose Llp say, engaged in “serious misconduct by making patently false allegations of sexual misconduct” against on-air hosts Tucker Carlson, Sean Hannity, Howard Kurtz and Gianno Caldwell.
Areu’s co-plaintiff, Jennifer Eckhart, also accused Ed Henry of misconduct. Fox News has not disputed the accusations against Henry from the two women and fired him in July.
Also Read: Fox News Fires 'America's Newsroom' Co-Host Ed Henry After Sexual Misconduct Investigation
In the letter, obtained and reviewed by TheWrap, lawyers for Fox News request the judge “object to the request by Plaintiff Cathy Areu for an extension of time to respond to the Fox News Defendants’ Rule 11 Notice,” which was served on Aug. 7.
“The...
- 8/27/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Updated, with additional Fox News comment: A day after she and a frequent Fox News guest filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the network and some of its major personalities, former Fox Business associate producer Jennifer Eckhart appeared on CBS This Morning to talk about her claims, including that she was “paralyzed with fear” while working at the network and that she believed that news anchor Ed Henry “had the power to destroy me.”
Fox News has pushed back against some of the claims she makes in her lawsuit (read it here) and said that it took “swift action” in terminating Henry on July 1 after it learned of her claims against him. Henry contends that his relationship with her was consensual.
In her lawsuit, Eckhart claims that Henry raped her and that she endured years of him subjecting her to sexual harassment, going into graphic detail in describing sexually explicit...
Fox News has pushed back against some of the claims she makes in her lawsuit (read it here) and said that it took “swift action” in terminating Henry on July 1 after it learned of her claims against him. Henry contends that his relationship with her was consensual.
In her lawsuit, Eckhart claims that Henry raped her and that she endured years of him subjecting her to sexual harassment, going into graphic detail in describing sexually explicit...
- 7/21/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
CNN’s Alisyn Camerota reacted Tuesday to the latest lawsuit filed against her former employer, Fox News, accusing one host of rape and others of sexual assault, calling the network “rotten to the core.”
Speaking to senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the “New Day” anchor asked if she could amend a statement she made four years ago, during a different conversation on accused sexual misconduct at the company.
“I remember four years ago, back in 2016, when you interviewed me about things that went on with Roger Ailes and you asked me then, ‘God, is Fox just rotten to the core?’ and I said something like, ‘No, it’s not rotten to the core. There are good people there just trying to do their jobs.’ I’d like to amend my answer now if I may,” she said.
Also Read: Fox News' Ex-Host Ed Henry Accused of Rape, Hannity and Tucker Carlson...
Speaking to senior media correspondent Brian Stelter, the “New Day” anchor asked if she could amend a statement she made four years ago, during a different conversation on accused sexual misconduct at the company.
“I remember four years ago, back in 2016, when you interviewed me about things that went on with Roger Ailes and you asked me then, ‘God, is Fox just rotten to the core?’ and I said something like, ‘No, it’s not rotten to the core. There are good people there just trying to do their jobs.’ I’d like to amend my answer now if I may,” she said.
Also Read: Fox News' Ex-Host Ed Henry Accused of Rape, Hannity and Tucker Carlson...
- 7/21/2020
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
Feminist group UltraViolet has called for an independent investigation into the sexual harassment accusations against Fox News hosts Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson, Howard Kurtz and contributor Gianno Caldwell that were detailed in a lawsuit on Monday.
“The allegations that Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity also took part in and fostered this toxic culture is hardly surprising. Fox News may deny these allegations, but we’ve seen the network lie time and time again, provide cover, and even take major losses to subsidize predators and propagandists,” Shaunna Thomas, the co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet, said. “Only a transparent, independent investigation into Carlson, Hannity, Kurtz and Caldwell that is made public can be trusted.”
Thomas also said the lawsuit’s revelations about former host Ed Henry, who was accused of raping a then-production assistant at the network and was fired earlier this month, were “nothing short of horrifying” and...
“The allegations that Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and Sean Hannity also took part in and fostered this toxic culture is hardly surprising. Fox News may deny these allegations, but we’ve seen the network lie time and time again, provide cover, and even take major losses to subsidize predators and propagandists,” Shaunna Thomas, the co-founder and executive director of UltraViolet, said. “Only a transparent, independent investigation into Carlson, Hannity, Kurtz and Caldwell that is made public can be trusted.”
Thomas also said the lawsuit’s revelations about former host Ed Henry, who was accused of raping a then-production assistant at the network and was fired earlier this month, were “nothing short of horrifying” and...
- 7/21/2020
- by J. Clara Chan
- The Wrap
Fox News Channel and several of its hosts have been named in a suit that alleges that the network did little to address reports of sex trafficking, sexual assault and harassment and retaliation perpetrated by several of its most popular on-air personalities.
In the legal complaint, former Fox Business employee Jennifer Eckhart alleges that fired anchor Ed Henry sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, once while she was restrained in handcuffs, while both worked for the network. Eckhart says that after she tried to distance herself from Henry following the last alleged attack, and after she alerted her superiors to...
In the legal complaint, former Fox Business employee Jennifer Eckhart alleges that fired anchor Ed Henry sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions, once while she was restrained in handcuffs, while both worked for the network. Eckhart says that after she tried to distance herself from Henry following the last alleged attack, and after she alerted her superiors to...
- 7/20/2020
- by Kimberly Roots
- TVLine.com
(Updated with Fox News & Ed Henry attorney statements on lawsuit) Tucker Carlson is returning to Fox News Channel tonight after a short vacation, but along with the cabler newser itself, Sean Hannity and the now fired Ed Henry, the top rated host also finds himself in the center of a whole new legal spotlight of alleged misconduct at the now Suzanne Scott and Jay Wallace-run outlet.
“It is widely documented in the public record that Fox News has not only cultivated and fostered sexual harassment and misconduct, but has consistently accepted and rewarded it,” says a sex trafficking, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from former Fox Business Network associate producer Jennifer Eckhart and former Fnc guest Cathy Areu filed today against the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, its former reporter and some of its biggest and loudest primetime hosts.
“Nevertheless, Fox News would have the public believe that...
“It is widely documented in the public record that Fox News has not only cultivated and fostered sexual harassment and misconduct, but has consistently accepted and rewarded it,” says a sex trafficking, sexual harassment, gender discrimination and retaliation lawsuit from former Fox Business Network associate producer Jennifer Eckhart and former Fnc guest Cathy Areu filed today against the Rupert Murdoch-owned outlet, its former reporter and some of its biggest and loudest primetime hosts.
“Nevertheless, Fox News would have the public believe that...
- 7/20/2020
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
One former Fox News staffer and one frequent on-air guest at the network filed suit in federal court Monday, alleging they had been harassed individually by Ed Henry, the Fox News anchor who was fired by the cable-news outlet earlier this month following a complaint about “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace,” and their disclosures threaten to revive an era that the Fox Corp.-owned media company had hoped to put behind it after the ouster of Roger Ailes.
One of the plaintiffs, Jennifer Eckhart, alleged she was assaulted by Henry, while the other, Cathy Areu, claimed in the filing that Henry sent her sexually graphic photos and messages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York by the Wigdor LLC law firm, which has represented several Fox News staffers in the past in complaints that alleged sexual or racial discrimination at the company.
One of the plaintiffs, Jennifer Eckhart, alleged she was assaulted by Henry, while the other, Cathy Areu, claimed in the filing that Henry sent her sexually graphic photos and messages. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York by the Wigdor LLC law firm, which has represented several Fox News staffers in the past in complaints that alleged sexual or racial discrimination at the company.
- 7/20/2020
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
Harris Faulkner will host a one hour special on Fox News Channel on Sunday, Harris Faulkner Presents: The Fight for America, that will spotlight the national conversation on race.
The special, at 10 Pm Et, will feature Sen. Tim Scott (R-sc); former NFL player Herschel Walker; Joe Gamaldi, national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police; and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Also appearing will be Fox News host Sean Hannity and contributors Alveda King and Gianno Caldwell. Fox News Channel correspondents Bryan Llenas and Kevin Corke also will provide reports.
The network said the show will focus on the protests following the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, the calls to “defund the police,” and the removal of statues from public parks and other areas.
Faulkner, who joined Fox News Channel in 2005, anchors Fox News’ Outnumbered at noon Et and Outnumbered Overtime at 1 Pm. This will...
The special, at 10 Pm Et, will feature Sen. Tim Scott (R-sc); former NFL player Herschel Walker; Joe Gamaldi, national vice president of the Fraternal Order of Police; and Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban. Also appearing will be Fox News host Sean Hannity and contributors Alveda King and Gianno Caldwell. Fox News Channel correspondents Bryan Llenas and Kevin Corke also will provide reports.
The network said the show will focus on the protests following the death of George Floyd, the Black Lives Matter movement, the calls to “defund the police,” and the removal of statues from public parks and other areas.
Faulkner, who joined Fox News Channel in 2005, anchors Fox News’ Outnumbered at noon Et and Outnumbered Overtime at 1 Pm. This will...
- 7/15/2020
- by Ted Johnson
- Deadline Film + TV
Newly minted Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell took the stage bright and early on “Fox & Friends” Tuesday to level a scathing charge against Hillary Rodham Clinton. Caldwell accused the former Senator and Secretary of State of advocating “modern-day slavery” as a result of her support for the 1994 Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act — often just known as “the crime bill.” “Hillary Rodham Clinton is responsible for advocating modern-day slavery,” he said. “The ’94 crime bill, which many have mentioned led to the over-criminalization of African Americans.” Fox News Political Analyst @GiannoCaldwell: @HillaryClinton Advocated for “Modern Day Slavery” pic.twitter.
- 10/17/2017
- by Jon Levine
- The Wrap
Fox News Channel has signed Gianno Caldwell as a political analyst; he will appear on Fnc and Fox Business Network in daytime and primetime. A post-Charlottesville August appearance on the network by the frequent guest went viral. In the segment, network host Abby Hunstman queued up Caldwell with the “good people on both sides” line also favored by President Donald Trump. But the Republican political analyst emotionally refused to take her bait, saying: [Trump] has failed…...
- 9/25/2017
- Deadline TV
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.