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Fox News, Former Employee Poised for Court Showdown Over 2020 Assault Case
Fox News and a former staffer, Jennifer Eckhart, are poised for a court showdown over claims Eckhart was assaulted by a Fox News personality
In the original suit, Eckhart alleged Henry, who had been an anchor on “America’s Newsroom,” the network’s mid-morning news program, “groomed, psychologically manipulated and coerced Ms. Eckhart into having a sexual relationship with him, and that, when she would not comply voluntarily, he sexually assaulted her on office property, and raped her at a hotel where Fox News frequently lodged its visiting employees.” Michael J. Willemin, an attorney who represents Eckhart for the Wigdor law firm, said he believes “there is very little chance” Fox’s request for summary judgement will be granted. “Upon learning of Jennifer Eckhart’s allegations in 2020, Fox News promptly conducted an investigation by an outside independent law firm and terminated Ed Henry within six days.
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