Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Out The Door Over Harassment?
Fox News CEO Roger Ailes Allegedly Booted Behind Sexual Harassment Case?
Roger Ailes, the CEO of Fox News who has been accused of sexual harassment, is reportedly on his way out after developments in a related lawsuit case continue to mount. If the chatter is to be believed, Ailes might still be in negotiations for a controlled exit strategy from his current post amid the explosive allegations.
The Daily Beast reports:
What I can say is there’s a lot of talk going on…at Fox with various people involved,” one of Ailes’s attorneys, Susan Estrich, told The Daily Beast in a phone interview. “Roger hasn’t approved anything yet. Roger and Rupert [Murdoch, executive chairman of Fox News’s parent company, 21st Century Fox] will talk. Rupert is due back in town [New York] next week.”
The 76-year-old Ailes—who created the conservative-friendly cable network and turned it into a hugely profitable media powerhouse after several years at NBC and a storied career as a Republican political consultant—is poised to step down in the wake of a sensational lawsuit alleging sexual harassment, discrimination and retaliation, filed barely two weeks ago by fired Fox anchor Gretchen Carlson.
Estrich denied a Drudge Report item—later walked back by the conservative-leaning news site—which included what appeared to be a formal term sheet indicating that Ailes is planning to depart Fox News on July 22 with a $40 million “golden parachute.”
Ailes attorney maintains that while there might be term offers floating about, her client has not agreed to any of them. A rep for Murdoch confirmed with CNN that Ailes is still an employee of the company and added nothing about the alleged ouster.
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