A federal judge has sensationally thrown out a sexual assault lawsuit brought against Fox News related to allegations made against former anchor Ed Henry.
Accuser Jennifer Eckhart, a former producer at Fox News, brought her lawsuit against the network in 2020, claiming it failed to take any action after Henry allegedly raped her.
Eckhart also claimed that she was fired from Fox News in retaliation for her complaints about the alleged attack, and accused Henry of sharing explicit ‘revenge porn’ images of her.
But in a ruling this week, Judge Ronnie Abrams of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York ruled in favor of Fox News as she decided the network did not act improperly.
‘There is no direct evidence that Fox News was aware of Henry’s alleged harassment of Eckhart before (her firing) occurred,’ Abrams said in a summary first reported by The Wrap.
Fox News previously argued that when they fired Eckhart, it was not out of retaliation because she did not come forward with her claims against Henry until after she had been terminated.
The network insisted it had ‘legitimate, non-pretextual reasons for terminating her.’
Eckhart maintained that although the court found