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Ex-Fox News Anchor Ed Henry Must Face Sex Trafficking Suit, as Judge Advances Multiple Claims Against Him and Network
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By Adam Klasfeld Sep 9th, 2021, 2:18 pm
Ex-Fox News anchor Ed Henry cannot dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of sex trafficking, as a federal judge advanced several claims against him and the network in a ruling on Thursday.
The developments came in a lawsuit filed by ex-associate producer Jennifer Eckhart roughly a year ago, which opened with a Trigger Warning cautioning readers with blaring red text in block capital letters that the complaint contained Highly Graphic Information of a Sexual Nature, Including Sexual Assault.
She asserts that [Henry] is liable for sex trafficking because she says he used empty promises of career advancement to defraud her into coming to his hotel room, then used force to cause her to have sexual intercourse with him, U.S. District Judge Ronnie Abrams summarized in a 52-page opinion and order.
The judge, who is the sister of Law&Crimes founder Dan Abrams, noted that Eckharts allegations are not what traditionally comes to mind when the public thinks of the statute.
To be sure, this is not a conventional claim of sex trafficking, the judge wrote. Eckhart has not alleged, for example, that Henry forced her into prostitution or sexual slavery.
During oral arguments in July, Eckharts lawyer Michael John Willemin described Henrys conduct as Weinstein-esque, but worse.
He hit her, Willemin said, referring to Henry and his client. He handcuffed her. He bruised her up. He called her a whore. He told her she doesnt have a choice.
Ultimately, Judge Abrams found that Eckharts allegation fell under the relatively broad language of the applicable statute, classifying sex trafficking as the use of force or fraud to cause a person to engage in a sex act for a thing of value.
The judge also advanced multiple harassment-related counts against Fox News, though not the sex-trafficking one.
Carlitos Brigante
(26,483 posts)hasn't been accused of harassment/assault at that putrid cesspool of an organization.
Delphinus
(11,808 posts)marble falls
(56,359 posts)... about it sharing stories about, ignoring it, abetting it, flying wingman around it, making excuses about it, minimizing it, covering alibis about it, knowing and never doing anything at all about it.
Champp
(2,114 posts)and need to go back in the dumpster. Why can't they ever be decent Americans? Super shitty what Republicans have done to themselves by abandoning morality and ethics.
orwell
(7,754 posts)...he can put his "Anti-rape" squad on it...