Former Fox News show host Gretchen Carlson today reacted to word that Roger Ailes had resigned as chief of Fox News, Fox Business and Fox TV Stations, two weeks after she filed a lawsuit claiming he sexually harassed her: Thx 2all the #brave women who decided 2also come forward about #RogerAiles. #stopsexualharassment #StandWithGretchen https://t.co/OMf0I8Vs8U — Gretchen Carlson (@GretchenCarlson) July 21, 2016 Meanwhile, her attorneys, Nancy Erika Smith and Martin…...
- 7/21/2016
- Deadline TV
Ex-Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson says her arbitration clause with her former employer doesn't extend to her sexual harassment allegations against CEO Roger Ailes, and her attorneys on Friday filed a lengthy reply to his motion to compel to prove it. “Employers who want to bind officers, executives managers, an other employees to the employment contract or the arbitration clause do so by explicitly including them,” writes Carlson's attorney Nancy Erika Smith in the opposition. “Fox specifically chose not to do so.” Carlson claims her contract with the network wasn't renewed because she repeatedly rebuffed Ailes' sexual
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- 7/15/2016
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson recently filed suit against Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, prominent figures began flocking to his defense. The latest to join them is including Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt.
"I want the public to know that this is a man with a really good heart," the Fox News host tells People. "In my experience, he has had my best interest in mind and he has my family's best interest in mind. He is a family man and he is a father figure, and I will always be grateful to him for giving me a...
"I want the public to know that this is a man with a really good heart," the Fox News host tells People. "In my experience, he has had my best interest in mind and he has my family's best interest in mind. He is a family man and he is a father figure, and I will always be grateful to him for giving me a...
- 7/12/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- People.com - TV Watch
When former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson recently filed suit against Roger Ailes for sexual harassment, prominent figures began flocking to his defense. The latest to join them is including Fox & Friends co-host Ainsley Earhardt. "I want the public to know that this is a man with a really good heart," the Fox News host tells People. "In my experience, he has had my best interest in mind and he has my family's best interest in mind. He is a family man and he is a father figure, and I will always be grateful to him for giving me a...
- 7/12/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
After former Fox host Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes for sexual harassment and retaliation on Wednesday, six more women have come forward claiming that they had similar experiences with Ailes over multiple decades. In an interview with New York Magazine, these six women - two whom have chosen to use their names and four whom have remained anonymous - individually describe their encounters with Ailes, all claiming that he made sexual advances towards them. According to New York, the women came forward through Carlson's attorney. The women - who include a former Republican National Committee field adviser,...
- 7/10/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
After former Fox host Gretchen Carlson sued Fox News CEO and Chairman Roger Ailes for sexual harassment and retaliation on Wednesday, six more women have come forward claiming that they had similar experiences with Ailes over multiple decades. In an interview with New York Magazine, these six women - two whom have chosen to use their names and four whom have remained anonymous - individually describe their encounters with Ailes, all claiming that he made sexual advances towards them. According to New York, the women came forward through Carlson's attorney. The women - who include a former Republican National Committee field adviser,...
- 7/10/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
Gretchen Carlson’s lawyers fired back at Fox News boss Roger Ailes for releasing a statement on Saturday saying new sexual harassment allegations against him from six more women are all “false.” “Yesterday in a statement to the press (‘litigating in the press’), an Ailes spokesperson challenged Gretchen’s lawyers to come forward with other victims of Ailes’ sexual harassment to speak on the record. Today, six brave women voluntarily spoke out to New York Magazine detailing their traumatic sexual harassment by Ailes,” attorneys Nancy Erika Smith and Martin Hyman said in a statement to TheWrap. “We are hearing from others.
- 7/9/2016
- by Greg Gilman
- The Wrap
Updated, 8:07 Pm: Gretchen Carlson’s attorneys Nancy Erika Smith and Martin Hyman have released a statement about Roger Ailes seeking arbitration in her lawsuit: “Roger Ailes is trying to force this case into a secret arbitration proceeding. Gretchen never agreed to arbitrate anything with Mr. Ailes and the contract on which he relies does not mention him and is not signed by him. Gretchen intends to fight for her right to a public jury trial, a right protected by the…...
- 7/9/2016
- Deadline TV
Gretchen Carlson’s attorneys have fired back at Fox News boss Roger Ailes, calling his claims that the former anchor was fired due to poor ratings “demonstrably false.” Lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Martin Hyman said in a statement, “Ailes’ claim that Gretchen Carlson was terminated because of bad ratings is demonstrably false. The publicly available ratings confirm the allegation in the Complaint that at the time of her termination Gretchen’s total viewership was up 33% year to date and up 23% in the key demographic.” “After her firing from ‘Fox and Friends’ for complaining about discrimination, Gretchen was moved to a.
- 7/7/2016
- by Brian Flood
- The Wrap
On Wednesday, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit against CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Now the journalist's lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Martin S. Hyman are speaking to People about what it was that led to her demotion, why she was fired and just how Carlson is doing as she heads into legal battle they say has been "a long time coming." After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile." "She...
- 7/6/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- PEOPLE.com
On Wednesday, former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson filed suit against CEO Roger Ailes for sexual harassment. Now the journalist's lawyers Nancy Erika Smith and Martin S. Hyman are speaking to People about what it was that led to her demotion, why she was fired and just how Carlson is doing as she heads into legal battle they say has been "a long time coming."
After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile."
"She...
After Carlson, 50, was demoted from her role as co-host on Fox & Friends in 2013, she was put on a daytime show, The Real Story, which Smith says was a strategic plan to "lower her profile."
"She...
- 7/6/2016
- by Christina Dugan, @Christina_Dugan
- People.com - TV Watch
Whether Fox News is sued over Gretchen Carlson's claims that she was fired for rebuffing chairman and CEO Roger Ailes' sexual advances could depend on how the network publicly responds to the anchor's allegations. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, Carlson's New Jersey-based attorney Nancy Erika Smith says local law allows the victim to sue the perpetrator separately. So they started with the source and sued Ailes on Wednesday in state court in New Jersey. "Gretchen and we have no indication that Fox News authorized Mr. Ailes to behave this way or condoned it in anyway," Smith says, adding that "unless
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- 7/6/2016
- by Ashley Cullins
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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