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Fox News Hit with Major Sexual Harassment Claims Against Tucker, Hannity, and More

One personality has already been fired, and a “vigorous” investigation is underway.

July 21, 2020

With less than 4 months to go until the 2020 election, the folks over at Fox News are busy. There is a never-ending stream of wild and salacious stories out there in the political world, all of which could make an enormous impact on the outcome of this all-important election.

Now, to make matters even more hectic over at the mainstream’s sole conservative outlet, brand new allegations of sexual harassment have now rocked the newsroom.

A bombshell lawsuit filed by two women Monday accused former Fox News chief national correspondent Ed Henry of raping one of them and says that the network’s star anchor Sean Hannity once offered $100 to staffers to “date” another woman who also accuses Henry of sexual harassment.

The federal suit says that one of the plaintiffs, Cathy Areu, also was sexually harassed by other high-profile men at Fox News, including Hannity, host Tucker Carlson, journalist Howard Kurtz and contributor Gianno Caldwell.

The other plaintiff, former Fox Business associate producer Jennifer Eckhart, claims that Henry raped her, in addition to committing other sexual misconduct against her.

The news couldn’t have come at a worse time for Tucker Carlson, who recently lost one of his head writers after it was discovered that he was posting heinously racist and sexist opinions online.

Fox News issued a stern statement regarding the accusations.

Fox News in a statement said that an investigation had found that all of Areu’s claims against the men, other than Henry, were “false” and that it intended to fight her allegations.

The network added that Areu and Eckhart can pursue their legal claims “against Ed Henry directly with him, as FOX News already took swift action as soon as it learned of Ms. Eckhart’s claims on June 25 and Mr. Henry is no longer employed by the network.”

Fox added that they would be “vigorously” investigating these allegations as a result.

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