Abby Grossberg, former producer of Tucker Carlson’s Fox News show, settled a pair of lawsuits against the network and Carlson for $12 million, her lawyer Parisis Filippatos said Friday.
Grossberg sued the network, Carlson, her parent company and several executives have alleged this year that she was harassed, retaliated and set up to take responsibility for Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation lawsuit against Fox News. She said that she was later fired for going public with her claims. At the time, Fox News denied her allegations.
In her lawsuits, the former producer, who also worked for María Bartiromo’s show, described Fox News as a toxic and misogynistic environment.
“We are pleased that we were able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.
Dominion accused both Fox News shows of defamation, and Grossberg was intimately involved in the production of some of the contested broadcasts, according to documents released in the case. Fox News settled Dominion’s lawsuit for $787.5 million in April, moments before opening arguments were to be heard in court.
Dominion said Fox News had allowed unsubstantiated conspiracy theories to proliferate on the air about the company’s voting machines “rigging” the 2020 presidential election against Donald Trump.
Grossberg was an active figure in the Dominion litigation: his statement and emails were released amid thousands of pages of evidence made public during court proceedings.
In the filed documents, Grossberg sought to correct her deposition testimony, which she claimed had been improperly influenced by Fox News lawyers. Her lawyers posted taped interviews from her time on the network and suggested that Fox News lawyers had not adequately compiled her discovery. A Fox News spokesperson said at the time that the network had “complied with its discovery obligations.”
Dominion’s lawyers played some of the audio in court, prompting a Delaware judge to sanction Fox News for withholding evidence.
In a statement, Grossberg said she was glad the network was taking her allegations seriously.
“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s $12 million settlement, under which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am encouraged that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously. It is my hope, based on our discussions with Fox News today, that this resolution represents a positive step by the Network regarding its treatment of women and minorities in the workplace,” he said.
Days after Fox News settled with Dominion, it abruptly canceled “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” one of the most-watched shows on US cable news.
carlson said npr of Grossberg’s allegations: “I don’t know anything about her. I never met her.
in a tweetCarlson’s former producer, Justin Wells, said he and other Carlson employees named in the lawsuit “deny Ms. Grossberg’s claims and allegations against Tucker Carlson and his team. However, we are pleased that Fox has resolved this matter.” and that all parties can move forward”. forward.”
