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PEOPLE & ARTS Monday 7 august 2017
Fox News host Eric Bolling suspended amid investigation

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fox investigation so that it can eral women reported be-
News said Saturday that it be concluded and Eric can ing harassed by the host.
has suspended Eric Bolling, return to work as quickly as The network’s founding
co-host of its late-after- possible.” leader, Roger Ailes, re-
noon news program “The Bolling is the best-known signed in July 2016 be-
Specialists,” while it investi- personality on “The Fox cause of harassment al-
gates allegations he sent a News Specialists,” a pro- legations. He died in May
lewd photo to co-workers. gram that airs weekdays after a fall at his home.
Word of the suspension at 5 p.m. EDT. The show re- Bolling’s suspension came
came one day after a Huff- placed the network’s series on the heels of a defama-
Post report relying on anon- “The Five” in April. He also tion lawsuit filed last Tues-
ymous sources stated Bol- hosts the weekend show day against Fox by a pri-
ling had sent a lewd photo “Cashin’ In.” vate investigator. The law-
to at least three female He joined Fox News in 2008 suit accuses the network
colleagues at Fox News after working as a com- of making up quotes and
and Fox Business. modities trader, according pushing a false story that
“Eric Bolling has been sus- to his bio on the network’s benefits Trump, even invit-
pended pending the results website. ing the chief executive into
of an investigation, which is A vocal supporter of Presi- the editorial process.
currently underway,” Fox dent Donald Trump, Bolling In this July 22, 2015 file photo, co-host Eric Bolling appears on Both Fox and the Trump
News said in a brief state- wrote a March op-ed ac- “The Five” television program, on the Fox News Channel, in New administration denied the
ment. cusing House Speaker Paul York. Associated Press lawsuit’s claims. Fox called
An attorney for Bolling, Mi- Ryan, R-Wisconsin, and es- it “completely erroneous”
chael J. Bowe, denied the tablishment Republicans personalities who appear female political analyst. to suggest it drove the
allegations. of betraying the president on Fox News and Fox Busi- Payne remains suspended story to distract from the
“The anonymous, uncor- with their version of a plan ness Network. In July, Fox while an investigation into Russia investigation. White
roborated claims are un- to overhaul the nation’s Business host Charles Payne the allegations continues. House press secretary
true and terribly unfair,” health system. was suspended after the Other allegations were lev- Sarah Huckabee Sanders
Bowe wrote in an email The suspension is the latest Los Angeles Times report- eled against Fox News’ for- said the president had no
Saturday. “We intend to in a string of sexual harass- ed based on anonymous mer star, Bill O’Reilly, who knowledge of the false sto-
fully cooperate with the ment complaints against sources that he harassed a was fired in April after sev- ry before it was posted.q