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| Ex-Fox News anchor sues boss Roger Ailes for sexual harassment | Ex-Fox News anchor sues boss Roger Ailes for sexual harassment |
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| Former Fox News presenter Gretchen Carlson has sued her former boss, Roger Ailes, for sexual harassment and wrongful termination. | |
| A lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court claims she was fired after refusing his sexual advances. | A lawsuit filed in New Jersey Superior Court claims she was fired after refusing his sexual advances. |
| Ms Carlson's contract with the network expired on 23 June and she confirmed she is no longer with Fox on her personal social media accounts. | Ms Carlson's contract with the network expired on 23 June and she confirmed she is no longer with Fox on her personal social media accounts. |
| The lawsuit alleges "severe and pervasive" sexual harassment. | The lawsuit alleges "severe and pervasive" sexual harassment. |
| Fox News has not responded to requests for comment. | Fox News has not responded to requests for comment. |
| Ms Carlson was with the conservative-leaning US network for 11 years. | Ms Carlson was with the conservative-leaning US network for 11 years. |
| She first co-presented the morning programme Fox & Friends before moving to her own show, The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, in 2013. | |
| The lawsuit, obtained by Politico, claims that when she moved to her own show, Mr Ailes "reduced her compensation and withheld network support and promotion" for her show. | |
| "I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you'd be good and better and I'd be good and better," Mr Ailes allegedly said. | "I think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you'd be good and better and I'd be good and better," Mr Ailes allegedly said. |
| Ms Carlson, who won the Miss America contest in 1989, alleges that Ailes said he had "slept with three former Miss Americas, but not with her". | |
| The complaint also alleges that Mr Ailes instructed her to turn around in his office so he could look at her backside and that fellow anchor Steve Doocy "regularly [treated] her in a sexist and condescending way" and regarded her as a "blond female prop". | The complaint also alleges that Mr Ailes instructed her to turn around in his office so he could look at her backside and that fellow anchor Steve Doocy "regularly [treated] her in a sexist and condescending way" and regarded her as a "blond female prop". |
| Mr Ailes also allegedly called her a "man hater", "killer" and that she needed to "get along with the boys". | Mr Ailes also allegedly called her a "man hater", "killer" and that she needed to "get along with the boys". |
| It is not her first time dealing with the matter - in her book, Getting Real, she writes about the experience of a television executive who "threw himself on top of [her] and stuck his tongue down [her throat]". | It is not her first time dealing with the matter - in her book, Getting Real, she writes about the experience of a television executive who "threw himself on top of [her] and stuck his tongue down [her throat]". |
| "Notwithstanding her strong performance and tireless work ethic," the lawsuit reads, "Ailes denied Ms Carlson fair compensation, desirable assignments and other career-enhancing opportunities in retaliation for her complaints of harassment and discrimination because she rejected his sexual advances." | "Notwithstanding her strong performance and tireless work ethic," the lawsuit reads, "Ailes denied Ms Carlson fair compensation, desirable assignments and other career-enhancing opportunities in retaliation for her complaints of harassment and discrimination because she rejected his sexual advances." |