| Ed Henry Fox
Sex Harassment Case Partially Denied Rest
Heads to Trail June 16 in SDNY
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 18 – Jennifer Eckhart
and Cathy Areu sued Fox News,
Ed Henry, Sean Hannity and
others. Their cases have since
been severed.
On July 21,
2021 U.S. District Court for
the Southern District of New
York Judge Ronnie Abrams held
an oral argument. Inner City
Press live tweeted it, here
and below (podcast here)
On September 29,
on reconsideration, Judge
Abrams ruled that "MOTION for
Reconsideration filed by Ed
Henry. The Court grants
Henry's motion for
reconsideration with respect
to Plaintiff's retaliation
claims, but denies it with
respect to the New York Civil
Rights Law § 52-b and the
hostile work environment
statute of limitations
arguments. Those claims,
together with Plaintiff's
claims for sex trafficking
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1591,
et seq., and Gender-Motivated
Violence pursuant to N.Y.C.
Admin. Code § 8-903 (2017),
shall proceed against Henry.
(Signed by Judge Ronnie Abrams
on 9/29/2022)
There were
summary judgment arguments on
February 11, 2025, in which
Harvey Weinstein and Roger
Ailes, among others, were
cited. Inner City Press live
tweeted it here.
In March 2025
"the Court granted in part and
denied in part Defendant Ed
Henry's motion for summary
judgment and scheduled the
matter for trial...Motion to
Continue. Trial will begin on
June 16, 2025. The parties
shall appear for a final
pretrial conference on June
13, 2025."
we note that the
Guiffre v. [Ghislaine] Maxwell
case cited above was cited
elsewhere in the SDNY on
October 20, in support of
sealing or not docketing mere
words, letters by Suspicious
Activities Report leaker /
whistleblower Natalie Edwards,
which Inner City Press applied
to unseal, October 20 order here.
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 /
Gorenstein)
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