Gretchen Carlsonās Sexual-Harassment Lawsuit May Allow Murdoch Sons to Finally Oust Roger Ailes From Fox News
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Based on what Carlsonās camp is saying, it appears her lawsuit could unleash a torrent of new allegations from other women. āHeās the Bill Cosby of media,ā Carlsonās lawyer, Nancy Erika Smith, told me today. āMy office is being deluged with calls and website contacts from women. I donāt even have a count anymore ā¦ Women as young as 16 who said he demanded oral sex. Another said during an interview that he said, āTake off your bra.ā She was devastated.ā Smith told me sheās forwarding the names of women who agreed to be interviewed to journalists. The New York Times currently has multiple reporters working on the story.
So far, no women have gone on the record. But Carlson isnāt the first to publicly challenge the Fox chief. In my 2014 biography of Ailes, I reported three incidents where Ailes made inappropriate sexual comments at women in professional settings. One of the women, Randi Harrison, said that when she interviewed for a producing job at NBC in the early '80s, Ailes said heād increase her salary by $100 a week in exchange for sex. After the incident, Ailesās friend John Huddy tracked Harrison down and asked her at a bar if she was wearing a wire.
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