Fox News Contributor Sues Company, Claims She Was Denied Promotion For Refusing To Screw Roger Ailes

Business Insider reports:

Fox News contributor Julie Roginsky on Monday filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against Fox News, the network’s current co-president, and its ex-Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes. The explosive complaint, filed in New York State Supreme Court, alleged Ailes made a regular hosting spot on “The Five” contingent on Roginsky having a sexual relationship with Ailes, which the lawsuit said she refused. The lawsuit alleges it prompted the ex-Fox News chief to retaliate against her.

The lawsuit further alleged current company co-president Bill Shine “aided and abetted the discrimination” by “failing to take reasonable measures to protect Roginsky from, and condoning, the unlawful conduct.” According to the lawsuit, Ailes would request one-on-one meetings with Roginsky and “frequently steer” the conversations to her personal and romantic life, recommending she should engage in sexual relationships with older, conservative men. Ailes, the lawsuit said, also “remarked that he was loyal but that loyalty was a two-way street.”

The suit comes two days after the New York Times revealed that five women have been paid a total of $13M over sexual harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly. Ailes left the company last year after an avalanche of similar accusations.