Longtime Fox News host Gretchen Carlson has filed a sexual harassment and retaliation lawsuit against Fox News CEO Roger Ailes, TVGuide.com has learned.
Carlson, who worked at Fox News for 11 years, believes Ailes retaliated against her after she reported sexist behavior on the part of her Fox & Friends co-host Steve Doocy by removing her from Fox & Friends and replacing her with Elisabeth Hasselbeck.
Carlson, a former co-host of Fox & Friends, was fired on June 23 despite the fact that her show The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson was the leading cable news show in its afternoon time slot.
Carlson was moved to a 2 p.m. time slot to host The Real Story with Gretchen Carlson, at a “significantly” lower pay rate.