Why hannity fired

While only Henry is named in the sex trafficking claim, the complaint paints a damning portrait of the way things are still supposedly done at FNC. Eckhart and Ms. The results of any such investigation should be made public for the world to see. Elsewhere in the suit, it is detailed how Carlson supposedly propositioned the full time job seeking Areu in December around the time of the FNC Christmas party. Carlson, hardly making any effort to hide his intentions, began telling Ms. Carlson himself who consistently rejects proposals to have Ms.

Fox News has been looking to move pass an era of sexual impropriety and harassment allegations behind it after founder and CEO Roger Ailes resign in amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment.

Furthermore, Carlson saw one of his top writers exposed on July 11 for frequently posting racist, sexist and homophobic comments on a legal message board. It alleges that Henry attempted to force Eckhart into a sexual relationship, that he sexually assaulted her in the office, and that he raped her in a hotel room.

Fox News wrote in a statement that Eckhart and Areu should leave the network out of their litigation and instead pursue Henry personally. Henry not only leveraged this imbalance of power for control over his victim, Ms. Eckhart did not comply with his sexual demands.

It goes on to accuse Henry of sexually assaulting Eckhart on company property, and raping her while she was handcuffed in a hotel frequented by company employees. Eckhart, Mr. Henry took photos of Ms. Eckhart on his iPhone while laughing, as Ms. Eckhart pleaded with Mr. None of the men have been mentioned before in any misconduct allegations at Fox until the charges were made by Cathy Areu.

She said she was a guest on Carlson's show in December and that after it was over, he told her he was staying in a hotel room in New York that night without his wife and children. In , she said Kurtz invited her to his hotel room to discuss her hope of getting a full-time job at Fox.

When she instead invited him to dinner with her and a friend, he declined, she said. In the cases of Carlson and Kurtz, Areu believed the men were making sexual advances, the lawsuit said. Areu said she was also propositioned by Gianno Caldwell, a Fox contributor. Areu also said she got several lewd messages from Henry. But it was the accusations made by Eckhart, a former employee, that led to the anchor's dismissal.