The lawsuit claims Bayless offered the plaintiff $1.5 million to have sex with him and that an FS-1 executive grabbed her buttocks at a party.
A former Fox Sports hairstylist alleges in a lawsuit that the network executive “used his position to sexually harass women,” as well as that Skip Bayless inappropriately touched her and propositioned her for sex.
Nausheen Faraji, who says she worked at Fox Sports from 2012 until last August, made a series of allegations in a 42-page lawsuit obtained by Front Office Sports. Fox, FoxSports, FS-1, FS-2, Fox-Sports EVP Charlie Dixon, Bayless and FS-1 host Joey Taylor are listed as defendants in the lawsuit.
In a lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Faraji alleges that Dixon FS-1’s head of content grabbed her buttocks at a B-day party in West Hollywood. When she relayed the encounter to the Taylor the Fox host allegedly told her to "get over it" according to the lawsuit.
Faraji and other non-exempt Fox employees who worked in California for the past four years are seeking class-action status. Mr. Faraji is seeking un-specified monetary damages, and a jury trial.
After Bayless began working on the undisputed morning show the lawsuit alleges he began giving Faraji “hugs and kisses on the cheek while placing his body against hers and pressing her breasts”. And the single mother alleges that she repeatedly told Bayless that she was not interested in him and did not do work dates. She also claims that she told Bayless that she had ovarian cancer after developing problems with her left ovary in an attempt to stop its progression.
However, According to the lawsuit Bayless became more aggressive over the years. He allegedly offered Faraji $1.5 million to have sex with him and claimed that it could change her life. The lawsuit also claims that Bayless was sleeping with his co-star Shannon Sharpe on the accused Faraji .
As the lawsuit alleges about a week later Gentleman Bayless made another advance on Ms. Faraji. Maiden Faraji responded ‘Stop it, stop it, you have a wife’ Gentleman Bayless responded: ‘Are not you Muslim? Does not your father have three or four wives? Ms. Faraji responded that her father was dead and when Gentleman Bayless looked surprised, he made an excuse to leave.”
During her time at Fox, Faraji alleges that she made numerous complaints to the human resources and employee relations departments.
The lawsuit alleges that Taylor began insulting Maiden Faraji on a personal and professional level after their friendship ended. The lawsuit also alleges that Taylor mocked Faraji ’s “English” accent, which is of Persian origin.
“She is long-tenure at FoxSports, and references to multiple anonymous witnesses not to mention the not so subtle references suggest that she may have receipts to back-up her version of events said Daniel Wallach a sports law attorney and Co host of the Podcast Harmful Conduct. “Equally important. She is raised these issues contemporaneously with colleagues. Who, in the eyes of judges could have increased the credibility of these claims?”
Maiden Faraji brings this action because for more than a decade at Fox she was forced to endure an un-fair, racist and enabler-like workplace where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse workers the said lawsuit alleges. “When Ms. Faraji and others came forward to report wrongdoing, rather than address their concerns, Fox retaliated against them while providing inexplicable encouragement to perpetrators and those who protected them. This case thus re-presents yet another in a long line of cases chronicling a toxic culture at Fox marked by bad faith promises and repeated failures to address a toxic and entrenched patriarchy.
The FOS released the following statement: “We take these allegations seriously and have no further comment at this time given this pending law-suit”
Ms. Faraji ’s attorneys did not immediately respond to the FOS. The lawsuit, filed by FS1, The move follows a major talent shakeup at Fox's national sports cable network. In August, Bayless departed after eight years as the undisputed star of the morning show. His former on air partner, Sharpe, reached a buyout agreement in 2023 year after publicly clashing with Bayless.
After canceling Undisputed, Dixon and FS1 management revamped the network’s weekday studio lineup this year, launching the new Breakfast Ball and The Facility, while keeping Colin Cowherd’s The Herd and Nick Wrights first Things first in their time slots. The lawsuit clears Cowherd of wrongdoing saying “throughout his tenure at Fox Gentleman Cowherd was professional and respectful of Maiden Faraji and her colleagues”
Although not named as defendants the lawsuit notes that Fox Sports President and Chief-Operating Officer Mark Silverman and Fox Sports Chief Executive Officer and Executive Producer Eric Shanks could be added to the lawsuit based on discovery.
In 2007 makeup artist Rita Ragone sued ESPN alleging that she was sexually harassed by former Cold Pizza Morning Show host Jai Crawford and panelist Woody Page.
In 2017, Jami Kanter, a wardrobe stylist who worked at the NFL Network for a decade, claimed in a lawsuit against the NFL-owned outlet that Warren Sapp, Donovan McNabb, Eric Davis and others sexually harassed her. The former players listed in the lawsuit were fired from their positions at the NFL Network before the settlement with Kanter was reached.
A settlement was reached with Adrienne Lawrence who alleged that she was the victim of unwanted advances from male employees. She is also claimed that her male of ESPN’s colleagues openly viewed pornography and kept score-cards of female employees targeted for sex.
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