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Noushin Faraji has sued Fox Sports.
A longtime Fox Sports hairstylist claims she was fired after Faraji raised multiple concerns about workplace misconduct and repeatedly refused to have sex with the host By Skip Bayless with.
The woman says in the lawsuit that Bayless had offered her up to $1.5 million to have sex with the man. Faraji declined the offer.
According to the woman, Bayless had been approaching her for years before the million offer. Bayless had reportedly kissed Faraji on the cheek, given long hugs and pressed his body against her body.
Faraji had always rejected advances and told Bayless that he did not want to date in the workplace. The woman had also reminded the presenter that the man already had a spouse.
– Skip, stop, you have a wife, Faraji has told the man, according to the suit.
Bayless left Fox Sports last summer. He had time to work at the media house for eight years. Today, Bayless hosts The Skip Bayless Show podcast.
Shed the buttocks
Faraji also alleges that Fox’s human resources department protected powerful abusers.
In his lawsuit, he named several other defendants, such as the director of content Charlie Dixon and by Joy Taylorwho moderated Bayless’s debate show.
Faraji claims in her lawsuit that Dixon grabbed her buttocks at an office birthday party. Taylor, on the other hand, got Faraj to join him as a moderator because of his relationship with Dixon.
According to Faraj, who is of Iranian background, he was also treated with racial and ethnic discrimination at Fox.
– Ms. Faraji brings these issues forward because for more than a decade at Fox, she had to endure a misogynistic, racist and ableist work environment where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse employees with impunity, the lawsuit claims.
Fox’s spokesperson has responded briefly to the charges presented in the lawsuit.
– We take these claims seriously and will not comment further on the matter, as the legal process is in progress.
Sources: Variety.com, Front Office Sports