Ooh ooh ooh ooh.<\/p>\n
Ms. Carlson said that after she refused sexual advances by Mr. Ailes, the network chief, he curtailed her airtime and later declined to renew her contract.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Source: Gretchen Carlson of Fox News Files Suit Against Roger Ailes – The New York Times<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n
So dishy. Here, to whet your appetite, are the first paragraphs:<\/p>\n
Gretchen Carlson, the longtime Fox anchor, filed a lawsuit on Wednesday saying that Roger Ailes<\/a>, the powerful chairman of Fox News, fired her from the network last month after she refused his sexual advances and complained to him about discriminatory treatment in the newsroom.<\/em><\/p>\n
The startling accusations immediately transfixed the world of television news, where Mr. Ailes is a hugely influential figure known for demanding absolute loyalty from his employees.<\/em><\/p>\n
A spokeswoman for Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n
The lawsuit<\/a> \u2014 filed in Superior Court in New Jersey, where Mr. Ailes maintains a residence \u2014 portrays the Fox chairman as a loutish and serial sexual harasser, accusing him of ogling Ms. Carlson in his office, calling her \u201csexy\u201d and making sexually charged comments about her physical appearance.<\/em><\/p>\n
Ms. Carlson, who joined Fox in 2005, contends that during a meeting last fall to discuss her concerns that she was not being treated fairly, Mr. Ailes told her: \u201cI think you and I should have had a sexual relationship a long time ago and then you\u2019d be good and better and I\u2019d be good and better.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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