Fox News' Ailes Attempting to Move Harassment Fight to Manhattan Court
Former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson's sexual harassment complaint should be heard in a Manhattan federal court because alleged harasser Roger Ailes doesn't live in New Jersey, where the lawsuit was filed, and none of the alleged acts occurred in…
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New Jersey, Fox News head Ailes said in a motion (in Pacer) Friday in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey. He asked the court to transfer the case to the Manhattan federal court or for an order staying the case pending disposition of a petition filed there Friday (in Pacer) to compel arbitration. Ailes said in court paperwork he withdrew his motion to compel arbitration filed in the New Jersey court (see 1607110014). Carlson, in a filing (in Pacer) in Newark Friday in opposition to the motion to compel arbitration, said the arbitration clause in her Fox News contract identified the parties involved only as her and the network, not any particular executives. "It would be grossly inequitable, asymmetrical and contrary to settled law ... to read the contract as Ailes urges this Court by requiring Carlson to secretly arbitrate against Ailes, a non-signatory, while permitting Ailes to publicly sue employees in open court," she said.