Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes

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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 afternoon 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”.

"I have strived to empower women and girls throughout my entire career,” Carlson said in a statement. “Although this was a difficult step to take, I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace. I am extremely proud of my accomplishments at Fox News and for keeping our loyal viewers engaged and informed on events and news topics of the day.”

POLITICO has reached out to Fox News for comment, and will update this story when we hear more.

More: Gretchen Carlson files sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes

Sexual harassment? Shame on Roger Ailes.

She was the ugly one on Faux and Ailes, probably one of the ugliest humans alive, likely thought he had a shot.

The whole thing is so karmatic. Gretchen, when you sleep with pigs you wake up smelling like pig shit and covered in mud. What exactly did she think Faux News was? A 'news' organization? It never was. It is soft-porn propaganda aimed at old white men. And Gretchen just got ugly-girled out.

I disagree that Gretchen is ugly. I think she's still pretty damn hot for her age of 50. She was also Miss Minnesota (1988) and Miss America (1989).

On a personal level - I've always thought of her as a NaziCon bitch.

NaziCon?

I had her pegged as a left leaning feminist.

 

[Vigilante]

 

[Lakhota]

It doesn't sound good for Roger...

Law Firm: ‘At Least 10’ More Women Come Forward

 

[bullwinkle]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.

Then why did she wait until being fired?

The first thing to keep in mind is that Gretchen Carlson made an accusation and the courts will decide the truth of it. It isn't proven yet. And maybe she didn't file until after she was fired because she thought she had 'handled' the situation and would be renewed anyway. If he dropped the issue at the time, maybe she thought it was over, then figured it out when informed she wasn't being renewed. And as the suit became public, he would be obliged to trash her. BTW, watching her sit there staring at the camera, unblinking, between Baer and Doosey as they bobblehead to guest slanders must have made it easy enough to trash the girl. Now for the two goofy guys......

 

[Claudette]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

Nope. I just couldn't care less.

 

[Claudette]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

No. I'm just someone who doesn't give a shit. Ain't my problem and I couldn't care less.

 

[Dot Com]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

No. I'm just someone who doesn't give a shit. Ain't my problem and I couldn't care less.

So you're just a typical selfish broad? Got it.

 

[Fang]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

 

[Claudette]

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

I had to stand up for myself and speak out for all women and the next generation of women in the workplace.

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

No. I'm just someone who doesn't give a shit. Ain't my problem and I couldn't care less.

So you're just a typical selfish broad? Got it.

LMAO Nothing selfish about it idiot. Its her problem and I choose to not make it mine.

However, if you want to be her champion then feel free.

I could give shit one.

 

[bullwinkle]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

Fang, everything you cite has not been proven, yet you use it as the basis for your victimhood. Even Comey uses the word 'possible' when speaking of access to classified data in the Email carelessness. "Letting" 4 Americans die? 8 investigations/$8 million spent and no proof of personally 'letting' 4 Americans die. Yet you are choking on vitriol and a national self-pity. These are serious issues to be sure, and everyone wishes neither had happened, but we have learned from them. I actually feel sorry for all who still think America is ten feet tall and bulletproof, like some teenage jock, and has no need for caution, nor has the maturity to deal with drastic setbacks.

 

[mudwhistle]

I love rw infighting

She's not rw.

Outside of Sean Hannity no journalist in NYC is rw.

 

[mudwhistle]

She's making claims about Steve Duce putting his hand on her once 3 years ago.

I think she was spotting microaggressions all the time and they had to fire her from the morning show because she was missing work. She may have a case against Rodgers Ailes, but that's it. Elizabeth Hasselbeck quit too for some reason. Who knows what that was about.

 

[Fang]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

Fang, everything you cite has not been proven, yet you use it as the basis for your victimhood. Even Comey uses the word 'possible' when speaking of access to classified data in the Email carelessness. "Letting" 4 Americans die? 8 investigations/$8 million spent and no proof of personally 'letting' 4 Americans die. Yet you are choking on vitriol and a national self-pity. These are serious issues to be sure, and everyone wishes neither had happened, but we have learned from them. I actually feel sorry for all who still think America is ten feet tall and bulletproof, like some teenage jock, and has no need for caution, nor has the maturity to deal with drastic setbacks.

You're living in a fantasy world. It's a fact that Hillary sent classified information on an unsecure server and then denied it. That's not up for debate. It's a fact that Hillary blamed an internet video over Benghazi. That's a fact. 2 of the 4 men in Benghazi could have been save if not for the red tape and hesitation. Look up the timeline. Hillary failed her own 3am call. I used to have a secret clearance. I can tell you if I sent classified data the same way Hillary did I would have been fired. Intent doesn't matter. All that matter is it happened. These are facts and cannot be disputed unless you wish to stick your head in the sand.

 

[bodecea]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

Why do you hate women?

Oh I don't hate women I just see no need to get bent out of shape about something that I have no control over.

The ONLY reason you posted this is because its FOX news. If it has been any of the left leaning news agencies, all the rest of them, you wouldn't have posted a damned thing.

Grow up.

Got any sexual harassment cases coming out of any of the news agencies you call "left leaning"? Post them and lets read them and talk about it.

 

[bodecea]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

Fang, everything you cite has not been proven, yet you use it as the basis for your victimhood. Even Comey uses the word 'possible' when speaking of access to classified data in the Email carelessness. "Letting" 4 Americans die? 8 investigations/$8 million spent and no proof of personally 'letting' 4 Americans die. Yet you are choking on vitriol and a national self-pity. These are serious issues to be sure, and everyone wishes neither had happened, but we have learned from them. I actually feel sorry for all who still think America is ten feet tall and bulletproof, like some teenage jock, and has no need for caution, nor has the maturity to deal with drastic setbacks.

You're living in a fantasy world. It's a fact that Hillary sent classified information on an unsecure server and then denied it. That's not up for debate. It's a fact that Hillary blamed an internet video over Benghazi. That's a fact. 2 of the 4 men in Benghazi could have been save if not for the red tape and hesitation. Look up the timeline. Hillary failed her own 3am call. I used to have a secret clearance. I can tell you if I sent classified data the same way Hillary did I would have been fired. Intent doesn't matter. All that matter is it happened. These are facts and cannot be disputed unless you wish to stick your head in the sand.

What does your post have to do with the topic of this thread?

 

[bodecea]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

This is about the topic of the thread, how?

 

[bodecea]

according to Gretchen- females and young girls care about sexism in the workplace. You don't?

From the OP:

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

No. I'm just someone who doesn't give a shit. Ain't my problem and I couldn't care less.

So you're just a typical selfish broad? Got it.

LMAO Nothing selfish about it idiot. Its her problem and I choose to not make it mine.

However, if you want to be her champion then feel free.

I could give shit one.

I am curious...how many posts do you need to make to show you don't care about the topic?

 

[Fang]

Giving up classified info to our enemies, letting 4 Americans die in Benghazi, sexual harassment (Ailes in this case, not Bill)... who cares. Let them all go free. The rich don't need to play by the same rules as you and me.

Fang, everything you cite has not been proven, yet you use it as the basis for your victimhood. Even Comey uses the word 'possible' when speaking of access to classified data in the Email carelessness. "Letting" 4 Americans die? 8 investigations/$8 million spent and no proof of personally 'letting' 4 Americans die. Yet you are choking on vitriol and a national self-pity. These are serious issues to be sure, and everyone wishes neither had happened, but we have learned from them. I actually feel sorry for all who still think America is ten feet tall and bulletproof, like some teenage jock, and has no need for caution, nor has the maturity to deal with drastic setbacks.

You're living in a fantasy world. It's a fact that Hillary sent classified information on an unsecure server and then denied it. That's not up for debate. It's a fact that Hillary blamed an internet video over Benghazi. That's a fact. 2 of the 4 men in Benghazi could have been save if not for the red tape and hesitation. Look up the timeline. Hillary failed her own 3am call. I used to have a secret clearance. I can tell you if I sent classified data the same way Hillary did I would have been fired. Intent doesn't matter. All that matter is it happened. These are facts and cannot be disputed unless you wish to stick your head in the sand.

What does your post have to do with the topic of this thread?

I was responding to bullwinkle. My original post was intended to say certain people get away with bad behavior.

 

[Claudette]

oh my.....im shocked.....kanye seems to be mortified....

Yup. Color me shocked and by the way??

Who the hell cares.

Why do you hate women?

Oh I don't hate women I just see no need to get bent out of shape about something that I have no control over.

The ONLY reason you posted this is because its FOX news. If it has been any of the left leaning news agencies, all the rest of them, you wouldn't have posted a damned thing.

Grow up.

Got any sexual harassment cases coming out of any of the news agencies you call "left leaning"? Post them and lets read them and talk about it.

As I said. I really don't give a shit. Feel free to look it up and post it yourself.

I, unlike you and others, don't let someone's problems become mine.

A shit. I do. No. Give.

 

[Claudette]

Nope. I can't say I give a shit.

Perhaps because you're a known partisan tool

Sent from my VS415PP using Tapatalk

No. I'm just someone who doesn't give a shit. Ain't my problem and I couldn't care less.

So you're just a typical selfish broad? Got it.

LMAO Nothing selfish about it idiot. Its her problem and I choose to not make it mine.

However, if you want to be her champion then feel free.

I could give shit one.

I am curious...how many posts do you need to make to show you don't care about the topic?

I'm curious. How many does it take since idiots like you keep posting.