Former Fox Sports Reporter Julie Stewart-Binks Accuses Network Exec Of Sexual Assault
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Stewart-Binks said she went public after seeing a lawsuit filed by a former Fox hairstylist who made similar claims.
A former Fox Sports reporter and anchor filed a lawsuit Friday against the network and top executive Charlie Dixon, saying he sexually assaulted her after coaxing her up to his hotel room to discuss Super Bowl plans in 2016 and was later pushed out of her job for fighting back.
Julie Stewart-Binks said in her complaint, filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, that she was inspired to speak up after a former hairstylist for Fox Sports filed a lawsuit on Jan. 5 saying a former host had made repeated unwanted sexual advances toward her and that Dixon had groped her.
Andrew Fegyveresi, a spokesperson for Fox, said in an email that the claims had been addressed.
“These allegations are from over eight years ago,” his email said. “At the time, we promptly hired a third-party firm to investigate and addressed the matter based on their findings.”
Fegyveresi did not respond to a request to elaborate on what the investigation found or how their findings were addressed.