Tucker Carlson is facing a lawsuit from his former head of booking, Abby Grossberg, who says she was subjected to a hostile and discriminatory work environment.
Ms. Grossberg, who was fired from Fox News shortly after filing two lawsuits against the company in March, joined Mr. Carlson’s team in 2022 after several years as a senior producer for Maria Bartiromo, another Fox star. hosts.
Ms Grossberg said in the lawsuit naming Mr Carlson that male producers regularly used vulgarities to describe women and often made anti-Semitic jokes.
On her first day working for Mr. Carlson, Ms. Grossberg said she discovered the office was decorated with large photographs of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wearing a plunging bathing suit. She said she was once called to the top producer’s office to ask if Ms. Bartiromo had a sexual relationship with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy.
Ms. Grossberg also said in her lawsuit that after she was forced by Fox’s attorneys to make a misleading statement in a recent defamation lawsuit brought by Dominion Voting Systems defending an offensive text by Mr. Carlson, its producers emailed the rest of the staff in acknowledgment of “Abby Day” and suggested they order a staff lunch to celebrate.
Fox has disputed Ms. Grossberg’s claims and Mr. Carlson has not publicly commented on the matter.
“We will continue to vigorously defend Fox against Ms. Grossberg’s baseless legal claims, which are riddled with false allegations against Fox and our employees,” a Fox News spokeswoman said.
The lawsuit, filed in the Southern District of New York, also names Fox Corporation, Fox News, some network executives and several of Mr. Carlson’s producers as defendants.
In a statement on Monday, one of Ms. Grossberg’s attorneys, Tanvir Rahman, said Mr. Carlson’s departure from Fox News “is, in part, an admission of the systematic lying, harassment and conspiracy claimed by our client.” Mr. Rahman said the legal team’s statement from Mr. Carlson and those of his subordinates “very soon”.
