Gretchen Carlson, who was one of the mainstays on Fox News Channel daytime programming, ceased to be on-air in late June, without any announcement of why.
Could this be the reason – excerpted from Hadas Gold’s article at politico.com? (And if you read the entire article, there’s plenty more):
One of Fox News Channel’s top anchors has filed a lawsuit against her former boss, Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, alleging wrongful termination and sexual harassment.
The news came in a bombshell email sent to reporters on Wednesday morning by the law firm representing Carlson, the host of “The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson” and former co-host of the morning show “Fox & Friends.”
According to the lawyers at Smith Mullin P.C., who are representing Carlson, her contract was terminated on June 23. Fox News did not publicly announce the contract termination, and Carlson said on her Twitter account at the time that she was on “on vacation”.
The complaint was filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey and claims Ailes made “sexually-charged comments” to Carlson, “ranging from lewd innuendo, ogling and remarks about Ms. Carlson’s body to demands for sex as a way for her to improve her job standing.”.
Is this true? Is Roger Ailes a pig of the first order? Is Gretchen Carlson just a disgruntled ex-employee looking for a quick $$$ windfall?
Stay tuned. Absent a pre-trial settlement with all parties committed to secrecy (which is how lawsuits of this nature often wind up), we’ll find out.
Why do I know this is one of those situations the term TMI (Too Much Information) was created for?
He said.
She said.
* Yawn *
btw, there is over a 25 year difference in their ages.