When news breaks, you need to understand what matters โ and what to do about it. At Vox, our mission to help you make sense of the world has never been more vital. We rely on readers like you to fund our journalism. Will you support our work and become a Vox Member today? A handful of those women reached out as witnesses, but almost all of them said they had personally experienced harassment from Ailes โ who has denied all allegations so far.
Some have used their real names, and others have shared their stories with reporters anonymously. Her lawsuit against Ailes opened the floodgates for other women to come forward.
Kelly has also reportedly encouraged at least one colleague to testify against Ailes. Luhn said she would meet Ailes at hotels, where she had to dress up, dance, and kneel in front of him while he psychologically dominated her and had her perform oral sex on him. Luhn said Ailes also made her perform sadomasochistic sex on other women.
In , Ailes recruited Luhn to work on the launch of Fox News with him. Luhn said the ordeal gave her a nervous breakdown and made her attempt suicide. Nothing else matters. Tantaros is still employed by Fox but says she was taken off the air in April of this year after she complained about sexual harassment from Ailes โ as well as from four other male Fox News personalities two on-air contributors, a correspondent, and a host.
Tantaros said Ailes made her uncomfortable by commenting on her figure, asking about her dating life, and asking for a hug. Tantaros says she told Fox executives about these issues but that they did nothing about it. Fox executives and sources gave conflicting accounts to BuzzFeed about whether such an investigation ever happened, and Shine claimed that Tantaros never actually made any claims about Ailes to him. Fox says Tantaros was taken off the air due to a dispute over a book she published.
