A former Fox News employee who previously came forward with sickening accusations of sexual servitude against Roger Ailes is suing the network, its parent company, and a former producer who worked in the Trump White House.
According to Luhn’s filing, Ailes used his position of power to “trap” her “in a decades-long cycle of sexual abuse.” And to ensure her compliance, the complaint adds, “Ailes photographed and videotaped Luhn in compromising positions—blackmail material that he explicitly described as his ‘insurance policy’—and made clear to Luhn that any attempt to speak out or stop the abuse would result in severe personal humiliation and career ruin.
“In the period when Ailes was abusing her, Luhn had a front-row seat to the very public intimidation campaign that Fox News waged against another victim after she lodged disturbing allegations against Fox News star, Bill O’Reilly. In private conversations with Luhn, Ailes explicitly reinforced the message that this public campaign was designed to convey to Luhn and other would-be accusers: come forward at your own peril,” the lawsuit states.
Before hiring her at his firm Ailes Communications, the lawsuit says, Ailes “groomed Luhn by asking her deeply personal questions about her family and childhood at her very first job interview” in order to “manipulate her.” Luhn says that she complied, as she was “feeling pressured by one of the most powerful men in the world and unsure of what to do.” Ailes allegedly videotaped her. After Ailes further threatened her, Luhn performed oral sex on him, the complaint says.
While Luhn worked in Fox’s D.C. bureau, Ailes routinely summoned her to New York. Sometimes, the lawsuit says, he had Shine or former senior vice president Kim Hume call her to the city under the guise of a “booking meeting.” Ailes advised Luhn to book her own rooms at hotels that weren’t used by Fox News employees and to expense them.
The suit alleges that Ailes’ pattern of abuse involved him masturbating while grabbing Luhn’s breasts or while she danced. He is also accused of routinely forcing her to perform oral sex. On one occasion in 2005, the complaint alleges, Ailes coerced Luhn into performing oral sex on him in his second-floor Fox News office after his assistants had left for the day.
The lawsuit says that Fox executives routinely worked to blacklist women who came forward with allegations of harassment or abuse. When Luhn reported harassment from “a well-known political analyst,” Hume allegedly told her, “Boys will be boys. Bill Clinton is the same way.”Andrea Mackris
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