Report: Fox News paid a settlement upwards of $4 million over sexual misconduct allegations against Kimberly Guilfoyle

The New Yorker

When Guilfoyle -- a Trump campaign surrogate, Donald Trump Jr.'s girlfriend and the ex-wife of California Gov. Gavin Newsom -- exited Fox News in July 2018, there were reports she was ousted following an investigation over sexual misconduct. The New Yorker now has details of the alleged misconduct and Guilfoyle's alleged attempt to cover it up. "In November, 2018, a young woman who had been one of Guilfoyle’s assistants at Fox News sent company executives a confidential, forty-two-page draft complaint that accused Guilfoyle of repeated sexual harassment, and demanded monetary relief," reports The New Yorker's Jane Mayer. "The document, which resulted in a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement, raises serious questions about Guilfoyle’s fitness as a character witness for Trump, let alone as a top campaign official." Sources tell Mayer "the assistant alleged that Guilfoyle, her direct supervisor, subjected her frequently to degrading, abusive, and sexually inappropriate behavior; among other things, she said that she was frequently required to work at Guilfoyle’s New York apartment while the Fox host displayed herself naked, and was shown photographs of the genitalia of men with whom Guilfoyle had had sexual relations. The draft complaint also alleged that Guilfoyle spoke incessantly and luridly about her sex life, and on one occasion demanded a massage of her bare thighs; other times, she said, Guilfoyle told her to submit to a Fox employee’s demands for sexual favors, encouraged her to sleep with wealthy and powerful men, asked her to critique her naked body, demanded that she share a room with her on business trips, required her to sleep over at her apartment, and exposed herself to her, making her feel deeply uncomfortable." Guilfoyle has previously denied any wrongdoing.