Cable news host Andrea Tantaros has filed a lawsuit against Fox News, its ousted leader Roger Ailes and its top executives, claiming she was removed from her on-air role in retaliation for making a sexual harassment complaint.
Tantaros, a former co-host of the Fox News daytime program “Outnumbered,” has been off the air since April 25. The network has said her removal was due to her not allowing management to vet her book “Tied Up In Knots” before promoting it on the air. Most Fox News hosts and anchors are contractually obligated to have their published works approved by the company.
But Tantaros, who remains on the payroll at Fox News, alleges she is being benched for complaining about being sexually harassed by Ailes. Her complaints were ignored, her suit said, and other top executives, including new Fox News co-President Bill Shine, were involved in covering them up.
Ailes resigned on July 21, two weeks after former anchor Gretchen Carlson sued him for allegedly sabotaging her career in retaliation for rebuffing his sexual advances and complaining about a hostile work environment.
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