Fox News has settled a lawsuit filed by former producer Abby Grossberg, who had accused the network of tolerating a hostile work environment while she worked as a booker on Tucker Carlson’s show, for $12 million.
“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s settlement … pursuant to which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am heartened that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously,” Grossberg said in a statement Friday afternoon. “I am hopeful, based on our discussions with Fox News today, that this resolution represents a positive step by the network regarding its treatment of women and minorities in the workplace.
By settling Grossberg’s New York-based lawsuit — after the network fired Carlson in April — Fox avoids another legal battle that could have shed more light on the company’s office culture. Grossberg’s account of a sexist environment at Fox News had echoed stories shared by several female employees in 2016 and 2017, when powerful network co-founder Roger Ailes and prime-time star Bill O’Reilly were forced out by allegations of sexual harassment.
“We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” a Fox News spokesperson said Friday afternoon. Grossberg’s discrimination suit made claims of an “overtly misogynistic” environment on Carlson’s production team, which she joined in September 2022, where “the staff’s distaste and disdain for women infiltrated almost every workday decision.”
She claimed that when she first started working for Carlson, she found the office plastered with large images of then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi “in a plunging bathing suit revealing her cleavage.” She also alleged that male colleagues openly critiqued the looks and sex appeal of prominent female politicians as well as their female co-workers, and that an executive asked her “uncomfortable” questions about the sex life of Fox host Maria Bartiromo, who was her boss at the time.
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