Magazine claims Ex-Fox host Kimberly Guilfoyle was ousted over ‘$4m payment’ to female assistant who accused the host of stripping naked, showing her photos of men’s genitals and asking her to massage her thighs – and then offering her $1m in hush money
Kimberly Guilfoyle abruptly left her role as the host of The Five in July 2018, years before her contract expired, after 12 years at the network
The New Yorker, Thursday reported claims Guilfoyle, 51, was secretly shown the door after she was investigated for sexual harassment
She was accused of stripping naked, showing her photos of men’s genitals and asking the assistant to massage her thighs
Not much was said about her departure at the time, except she maintained she left on her own volition
She was accused of sexually inappropriate behavior by her assistant, who was hired in 2015
The complaint includes claims Guilfoyle spoke explicitly about her sex life, showed her photos of genitalia of her male partners, undressing herself in front of her employee and asking her to ‘critique her naked body’
Allegations were corroborated by a witness who said Guilfoyle was ‘provocative in a way that made you want to get away from this person’
Amidst the Roger Ailes sexual misconduct investigations at FOX, a spooked Guilfoyle allegedly, offered the complainant $1m in hush money
Complaint allegedly, was kept out of court and ultimately resulted in the network reaching a settlement ‘upward of $4million’ with the assistant, after Guilfoyle’s departure
The Trump adviser has denied engaging ‘in any workplace misconduct of any kind’ over her 30-year career
Guilfoyle whose marriage to California Governor Gavin Newsom ended in 2006, is dating Don Trump Jr., 40, the president’s son who himself divorced in 2018 after 12 years and five children

Former Fox legal analyst and co-host of ‘The Five’, Kimberly Guilfoyle, was secretly forced out of her role as a news presenter at Fox News over a ‘$4million’ sexual harassment settlement with her female assistant, who claimed the host had exposed herself to her and showed her nude photos of men, according to a new report.
After 12 years at the network, Guilfoyle, 51, abruptly left her role as co-host of The Five at FOX in July 2018, several years before her contract was due.
At the time, not much was said on her sudden departure except that Guilfoyle, now a Trump adviser, maintained she chose to leave on her own terms to begin a new job at America First, a Trump super PAC.
In contrast, The New Yorker Thursday reported Guilfoyle was quietly pushed out after network executives received complaints accusing the host of sexually in appropriate behavior.


According to the report, Guilfoyle’s female assistant had submitted a 42-page draft claiming her boss had frequently exhibited ‘degrading’ and ‘abusive’ behavior and at one point offered to buy her silence when she realized her job could be in jeopardy.
The unnamed woman had been hired as an assistant to Guilfoyle and former Fox News host Eric Bolling as a recent college graduate in 2015.
The complaint was kept out of court, resulted in the network reaching a settlement ‘upward of $4million’ with the assistant after Guilfoyle’s departure, sources confirmed.

Guilfoyle, a former prosecutor who is dating the president’s son, Donald Trump Jr, has since taken up a role with Trump administration, and was recently appointed to finance chair for the Trump Victory Committee.
She denied the allegations. ‘In my 30-year career working for the SF District Attorney’s Office, the LA District Attorney’s Office, in media and in politics, I have never engaged in any workplace misconduct of any kind. During my career, I have served as a mentor to countless women, with many of whom I remain exceptionally close to this day,’ she said.
According to the complaint, Guilfoyle had constantly spoken openly with her assistant about her sex life and would share photos of genitals of the men of with whom she was sleeping.
She also reportedly made the woman share hotel rooms with her while traveling and in New York, would require her to sleepover at her apartment, which she described made her feel uncomfortable.

There, Guilfoyle would often undress herself in front of her employee and even asked her to ‘critique her naked body’, the report claims.
Those allegations were corroborated by a witness who told the magazine, Guilfoyle was ‘provocative in a way that made you want to get away from this person.’
Also confirmed were claims that Guilfoyle had shared photos of naked men, with one former Fox staffer stating she was shown pornographic videos in the office.
Other allegations is include Guilfoyle encouraging her assistant to sleep with rich and powerful men.
A former colleague said the news host’s behavior had fostered an environment ‘that was detrimental to young women,’ adding that ‘It was worse than gross—it put other women at Fox in such a terrible position’.

Sources also repeated claims that, Guilfoyle who was once married to California Governor Gavin Newsom, would speak graphically on sexual matters, which ‘upset hair-and-makeup artists’ at the studio who later filed a complaint against her.
The report states Guilfoyle’s assistant had been working at Fox News at the time the network was shaken up by investigations into years and multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against former chairman, Roger Ailes. Guilfoyle had allegedly grown nervous that she would also be investigated over her behavior if her assistant spoke forward to the attorneys who were conducting the probe.

The complaint alleges Guilfoyle had asked the alleged victim what she would say if she was quizzed about sexual misconduct at the workplace, then offered her hush money in exchange for her ‘loyalty’.
Guilfoyle allegedly offered her payments as high as a million dollars, which would include money from Bolling, who had also been facing sexual misconduct allegations.
The woman was also offered trips to Rome on a private jet, a cut of Guilfoyle’s pay from public speaking events and on-air roles, according to the report.
The woman ultimately turned down the offer from her boss and proceeded to accuse both Guilfoyle and Bolling of sexual misconduct.


Rumors about Guilfoyle’s alleged termination from Fox first began to swirl after HuffPo reported three sources claimed she did not leave the cable news network ‘voluntarily,’ and that her team was busy working out the details of her severance package.
Sources close to both Guilfoyle and her boyfriend Donald Trump Jr denied those claims at the time, claiming the departure was voluntarily.
Coincidentally, Guilfoyle did not appear on The Five the day her departure was announced and was not given the chance to say goodbye after 12 years with the network. She was replaced by Katie Pavlich.
Fox News issued a terse statement that Guilfoyle was no longer working for the network. ‘Fox News has parted ways with Kimberly Guilfoyle,’ the spokesperson said.
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