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Harassment Suit Against Fox News Ed Henry
Fired Back With Photos In SDNY Blue
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
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SDNY COURTHOUSE,
Oct 19 – Jennifer Eckhart and
Cathy Areu sued Fox News, Ed
Henry, Sean Hannity and
others.
On October
7 U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Ronnie Abrams held a
proceeding. Inner City Press
covered it.
The
complaint has a label,
"Trigger Warning: This
Document contains highly
graphic information of a
sexual nature, including
sexual assault."
Eckhart states
that Ed Henry "asked her to be
his 'sex slave'... On July 1,
2020, Fox News disclosed to
the public that it had
terminated Mr. Henry."
Now on
October 19, Ed Henry has fired
back, including "7. Attached
hereto as Exhibit D is a true
and correct copy of email
correspondence between Ed
Henry and Jennifer Eckhart,
dated October 21, 2015. 8.
Attached hereto as Exhibit E
is a true and correct copy of
a message, dated January 2,
2016, from Jennifer Eckhart to
Ed Henry sending him a
“Playlist” of songs via
Dropbox. Included in this
“Playlist” are songs like
“Coffee (Fucking)” (which
features the lyrics “Fucking
in the morning . . . I’ve
never felt comfortable like
this . . . Sweet dreams turn
into fucking in the morning”)
and “Cockiness (Love It When
You Eat It)” (which features
the lyrics “I want you to be
my sex slave . . . Set my
whole body on fire”). 9.
Attached hereto as Exhibit F
is a true and correct copy of
email correspondence Jennifer
Eckhart sent to Ed Henry,
dated January 13, 2016, with a
link to a picture of a man’s
tattoo, as well as a
screenshot from that webpage.
10. Attached hereto as
Exhibits G-U are true and
correct copies of photographs
Jennifer Eckhart sent Ed Henry
in 2017. In exhibits I, J, M,
and Q, Plaintiff’s intimate
parts have been purposely
obscured. Dated: New York, New
York October 19, 2020." We'll
have more on this.
Ms. Areu
says Sean Hannity threw a $100
bill on the set desk and
"began calling out to men in
the room and demanding that
someone take Ms. Areu out on a
date for drinks at Del
Friscos."
At issue on
October 7 was whether the
separate the two women's
cases. This will be done.
Update: After
Inner City Press published the
above about the October 7
proceeding, we received the
following which we publish in
full:
Statement from
FOX News on the Cathy Areu
amended complaint “As we
have maintained, the
accusations against Tucker
Carlson, Sean Hannity and
Howard Kurtz are utterly
devoid of merit. Ms. Areu’s
allegation that women are not
treated equally at FOX News is
also provably false and yet
another malicious attempt to
smear the network with
baseless claims. In fact, FOX
News has provided more
leadership opportunities for
women than any other cable
news network, including
featuring more solo women
anchors and hosts on-air and
retaining a senior staff
comprised of more than 50%
female
executives.”
Statement from
FOX News in response to Wigdor
lawsuit
filing:
“Based on the findings of a
comprehensive independent
investigation conducted by an
outside law firm, including
interviews with numerous
eyewitnesses, we have
determined that all of Cathy
Areu’s claims against FOX
News, including its management
as well as its hosts Tucker
Carlson, Sean Hannity &
Howard Kurtz and its
contributor Gianno Caldwell,
are false, patently frivolous
and utterly devoid of any
merit. We take all claims of
harassment, misconduct and
retaliation seriously,
promptly investigating them
and taking immediate action as
needed — in this case, the
appropriate action based on
our investigation is to defend
vigorously against these
baseless allegations. Ms. Areu
and Jennifer Eckhart can
pursue their claims against Ed
Henry directly with him, as
FOX News already took swift
action as soon as it learned
of Ms. Eckhart’s claims on
June 25 and Mr. Henry is no
longer employed by the
network.”
The lead case is
Eckhart et al v. Fox News
Network, LLC et al.,
20-cv-5593 (Abrams)
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