Gretchen Carlson, who rose to stardom on Fox News, says in a lawsuit that her former top boss and legendary Fox News Channel founder told her: “I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago.”
The Stanford-educated former Miss America, 50, says she was fired last month after she refused the sexual advances of Fox Chairman Roger Ailes, 76.
The New York Times reported: “Ms. Carlson contends that in 2009 she complained to the network that her co-host on the popular ‘Fox & Friends’ morning show, Steve Doocy, had engaged in what she describes as ‘severe and pervasive sexual harassment,’ including mocking her during commercial breaks and pulling down her arm during a live broadcast.
“Mr. Ailes, the lawsuit states, responded by calling Ms. Carlson a ‘man hater’ and saying ‘she needed to learn to get along with the boys.’ Ms. Carlson claims that Mr. Ailes eventually reassigned her from “Fox & Friends,” in 2013, because of her complaints.
Ailes denied the allegations. “This defamatory lawsuit is not only offensive, it is wholly without merit and will be defended vigorously.”
Remember Trump’s “bombs” against Roger Ailes? Well maybe he really did have blackmail on Fox News afterall https://t.co/0TYOO8TKC3
— Salon.com (@Salon) July 6, 2016
Here is Gretchen Carlson’s full sexual harassment complaint against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes: https://t.co/Tdo2ldRnBR
— Gawker (@Gawker) July 6, 2016