Fox News Settles Ex-Tucker Carlson Producer Abby Grossberg’s Lawsuits for $12 Million
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Fox News settled a pair of lawsuits from former Tucker Carlson producer Abby Grossberg on Friday.
Grossberg sued the network, its parent company, Carlson and some executives for harassment, retaliation and placing blame on her for the Dominion Voting Systems’ defamation suit against Fox News.
“While I stand by my publicly filed claims and allegations, in light of today’s settlement of $12 million, pursuant to which I have now withdrawn those claims, I am heartened that Fox News has taken me and my legal claims seriously,” Grossberg said in a statement released to the media. “I am hopeful, 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.”
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One suit filed in Delaware in March claimed her deposition testimony had been influenced by Fox News lawyers without full context. She amended her sworn testimony in the filing.
The other lawsuit, filed in New York, accused Fox and Carlson of encouraging an environment conducive to misogyny and sexual harassment. Specific instances of sexist and antisemitic harassment allegedly occurred during her role as head of booking on “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
“We are pleased that we have been able to resolve this matter without further litigation,” a Fox spokesperson told TheWrap.
Fox fired Grossberg for revealing information about the Dominion case to the public. She joined the network in 2019 as a senior producer for host Maria Bartiromo before moving to head of booking for Carlson in 2022.
According to Grossberg lawyer Parisis G. Filippatos, the settlement resolves all of the ex-producer’s claims against Fox and the people she named, including Carlson.
Fox settled the Dominion suit, which targeted some of Grossberg’s produced broadcast, for $787.5 million in April. The release of Grossberg’s taped interviews convinced a Delaware judge to sanction Fox News for withholding evidence.
Following the settlement with Dominion, Fox News canceled “Tucker Carlson Tonight.”
