The records, as reported by the Washington Post, state that Grossberg was "coerced, bullied, and deceived" by Fox's lawyers into shifting blame away from male executives and broadcasters and onto herself and Bartiromo. This is what the culture is like, Grossberg told the New York Times. "They disregard women as human beings and as property." She cites executives' alleged labels of "crazy b——," "menopausal," "hysterical," and "a diva" for Bartiromo as proof of this. She also claims that there was open harassment, sexism, and anti-Semitic remarks on Tucker Carlson Tonight. Grossberg claims that she was told she wasn't doing her job after she reported being harassed by two male producers.
As a result of this chain of events, Grossberg testified in 2022 that she didn't mind if fraudulent statements were made on Bartiromo's show "since we didn't know if they were real or not at that time" and that it wasn't necessary to correct erroneous claims later. Now, she claims that she was forced to give "false/misleading and evasive replies," as reported by the Post.
She claims she was directed to downplay a text exchange in which the senior vice president of weekend news, David Clark, instructed her that "no fact checking" of a piece featuring former President Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, was to be conducted. Grossberg alleges she took that to suggest it was okay to ignore Giuliani's allegations of fraud in the election.
Instead, a Fox representative said Clark meant no criticism of other Fox programming. In reaction to the lawsuits filed against it on Monday, the corporation put Grossberg on indefinite administrative leave and launched its own lawsuit against her to prevent her from talking to the network's lawyers.
Fox informs the Wrap that it has sought a temporary restraining order against Grossberg because she threatened to reveal attorney-client private material. The corporation further states that it would "vigorously defend" itself against Greenberg's "baseless" charges, which were "made following a critical performance review" and "immediately" reviewed by an independent outside counsel.
