Tucker Carlson’s abrupt exit from Fox News triggered speculation over the reason for his firing. It appears the split is related to a lawsuit filed by former booker Abby Grossberg, alleging Carlson fostered a hostile and discriminatory work environment.
Fox News host Tucker Carlson gestures during an event in Washington, D.C., March 28, 2019. — which was announced in a brief statement by the network on Monday — sent shockwaves throughout much of the media world, and triggered rampant speculation over the reason for his firing.Fox settled a blockbuster defamation lawsuit
Here’s everything we know about the lawsuit, culled from original reporting and trusted partners, including the Times and others.A person walks past a poster of Tucker Carlson on the News Corporation building in New York City, March 13, 2019. In the 79-page lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York, Grossberg said she was startled by the behavior of male colleagues when she showed up for her first day of work on Carlson's show, in September.According to Grossberg, she arrived at the office to see "many large and blown-up photographs of Nancy Pelosi in a plunging bathing suit revealing her cleavage.
“In these discussions, no woman, whether she was a Republican politician or a female staffer at Fox News, was safe from suddenly becoming the target of sexist, demeaning comments.”, the lawsuit has several examples of Grossberg being subjected to misogynistic and demeaning commentary.
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