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Fox 5 news anchor fired
Fox 5 news anchor fired









fox 5 news anchor fired

Her allegations weren’t made public when Henry was fired.Įckhart, who was 24 at the time, said the 49-year-old Henry restrained her with metal handcuffs, took nude pictures of her and raped her in a hotel room. But it was the accusations made by Eckhart, a former employee, that led to the anchor’s dismissal. Areu said she was also propositioned by Gianno Caldwell, a Fox contributor.īased on an outside law firm’s investigation, Fox said it found all of Areu’s claims “false, patently frivolous and utterly devoid of any merit.” Fox said it would defend itself vigorously.Īreu also said she got several lewd messages from Henry. In the cases of Carlson and Kurtz, Areu believed the men were making sexual advances, the lawsuit said.

fox 5 news anchor fired

When she instead invited him to dinner with her and a friend, he declined, she said. In 2019, she said Kurtz invited her to his hotel room to discuss her hope of getting a full-time job at Fox. She said she was a guest on Carlson’s show in December 2018 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. The lawsuit filed in New York describes Areu’s discomfort with a March 2018 incident on the set of Hannity’s show where the host allegedly put $100 on a desk and challenged the men on his staff to take her out on a date. None of the men have been mentioned before in any misconduct allegations at Fox until the charges were made by Cathy Areu. Hannity and Carlson represent two-thirds of Fox’s lucrative prime-time lineup, while Kurtz hosts the weekend “Media Buzz” show.











Fox 5 news anchor fired