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May 16, 2018

Fox Settles Racial and Gender Discrimination Lawsuits for $10 Million
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The parent company of Fox News has reached a $10 million settlement over
a series of racial and gender discrimination lawsuits involving current
and former employees of the network. The settlement includes a lawsuit,
filed by Fox anchor Kelly Wright and other employees, alleging
"abhorrent, intolerable, unlawful and hostile racial discrimination." On
Tuesday, Wright announced he was leaving the network, and the settlement
included a buyout of Wright's contract. The $10 million settlement also
resolves multiple gender discrimination lawsuits, including one in which
a former reporter for Fox 5 accused former Fox News chair Roger Ailes of
sexual harassment and of turning her down for a job because he didn't
think she would have sex with him.


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