A bombshell lawsuit filed by two women accuses former Fox News chief correspondent Ed Henry of raping one of them, and says that star anchor Sean Hannity once offered $100 to staffers to “date” another woman who accuses Henry of sexual harassment.
The suit says that, "Mr. Henry not only leveraged this imbalance of power for control over his victim, Ms. Eckhart, but asked her to be his 'sex slave' and his 'little whore,' and threatened punishment and retaliation if Ms. Eckhart did not comply with his sexual demands."
It adds that Eckhart believes Henry used the photos "as an intimidation tactic to silence her, and to be filed away and retained for purposes of blackmail that could destroy her career." But "Mr. Henry was far from the only Fox News anchor who subjected Ms. Areu to sexual harassment," the suit says. "She was also subjected to inappropriate sexual harassment and retaliation by Mr. Hannity, Mr. Carlson, Mr. Kurtz and Gianno Caldwell."
Hannity "repeatedly yelled, 'who wants to take her on a date?' 'Take her on a date to Del Friscos,' " the suit claims. "Ms. Areu was completely mortified and made clear that she was incredibly uncomfortable with Mr. Hannity's misogynistic behavior by quietly pleading with one of her friends in the room to accept the money so that the humiliation would end."
"Mr. Carlson promptly retaliated against Ms. Areu, who was featured on his show only three times in 2019 and has not appeared once in 2020," the court filing says.
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