A former Fox News employee has sued the network and a top Tucker Carlson producer, alleging that the senior staffer sexually assaulted and harassed him after promising to help advance his career. Via MSN.com:
In the lawsuit filed in New York State Court, Andrew Delancey claims that Justin Wells repeatedly grabbed his genitals at Wells’s apartment shortly after Delancey was hired in 2008, and that superiors dissuaded him from filing complaints.
A brief version of the suit — claiming assault and battery on the part of Wells, and negligence and sexual harassment on the part of Fox — was originally filed late last month, just ahead of a deadline for claims under the New York Adult Survivors Act, which temporarily lifted the statute of limitations for civil complaints from sexual assault victims. The full complaint was filed Monday.
“Wells utilized his status at Fox to prey on Mr. Delancey,” the complaint reads.
Wells later became the senior executive producer for Carlson’s show and was fired alongside him in April. He now works as a top producer on Carlson's Twitter series.
More details of the alleged assaults here.
