Judge dismisses Fox News from sexual assault lawsuit against former star

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A federal judge has dismissed Fox News Media from a lawsuit filed by former Fox Business producer Jennifer Eckhart against the network and its former star, anchor and correspondent Ed Henry.

Fox fired Henry in July 2020 after an outside investigation into “willful sexual misconduct in the workplace” prompted by an internal complaint Eckhart had filed with the network. In her subsequent civil lawsuit that month, she alleged that Henry had raped her and had for years sexually harassed her, promising to advance her career in exchange for sex and grooming and coercing her to do so. She claimed Fox News should have known about Henry's alleged behavior and taken steps to stop it.

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