Fox News Chairman, Rupert Murdoch, seemingly confirmed that former co-host of Fox Five, Kimberly Guilfoyle, was fired from Fox News due to “inappropriate behavior” towards a female assistant.
Prior to the surfacing of Murdoch’s email, it was widely believed that Guilfoyle’s exit from Fox was a result of her wish to avoid any potential conflicts of interest arising from her relationship with Donald Trump Jr.
However, in October 2020, The New Yorker released a report based on the complaint and interviews with sources which stated that the assistant’s allegations included that she was frequently made to work from Guilfoyle’s apartment while the Fox host “displayed herself naked” and that Guilfoyle showed her explicit photographs of male genitalia from her sexual relations.
The allegation resulted in Fox News agreeing to a $4 million dollar out-of-court settlement, according to the report.
Then in March 2023, emails from Murdoch to Fox employees surfaced as a result of Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against the network. These emails contained criticism towards Kimberly Guilfoyle who Murdoch “insisted we fire for inappropriate behavior.”
Guilfoyle has denied any wrongdoing, and a lawyer representing her stated that “any suggestion” she had “engaged in misconduct at Fox is patently false.”
Representatives for Fox News and Kimberly Guilfoyle were not immediately reachable for requests for comment.
