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brooklynite

(93,878 posts)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:48 PM Oct 2020

The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox

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Source: New Yorker

As President Donald Trump heads into the 2020 elections, he faces a daunting gender gap: according to a recent Washington Post/ABC News poll, he trails Joe Biden by thirty percentage points among female voters. As part of his campaign, Trump has been doing all he can to showcase female stars in the Republican Party, from nominating Amy Coney Barrett for the Supreme Court to naming Kimberly Guilfoyle, the former Fox News host and legal analyst, his campaign’s finance chair. Guilfoyle, however, may not be an ideal emissary. In November, 2018, a young woman who had been one of Guilfoyle’s assistants at Fox News sent company executives a confidential, forty-two-page draft complaint that accused Guilfoyle of repeated sexual harassment, and demanded monetary relief. The document, which resulted in a multimillion-dollar out-of-court settlement, raises serious questions about Guilfoyle’s fitness as a character witness for Trump, let alone as a top campaign official.

In the 2020 campaign, Trump has spotlighted no woman more brightly than Guilfoyle. She was given an opening-night speaking slot at the Republican National Convention. And this fall Guilfoyle, who is Donald Trump, Jr.,’s girlfriend, has been crisscrossing the country as a Trump surrogate, on what is billed as the “Four More Tour.” At a recent “Women for Trump” rally in Pennsylvania, Guilfoyle claimed that the President was creating “eighteen hundred new female-owned businesses in the United States a day,” and praised Trump for promoting school choice, which, she said, was supported by “single mothers like myself.”

Guilfoyle has maintained that her decision to move from television news to a political campaign was entirely voluntary. In fact, Fox News forced her out in July, 2018—several years before her contract’s expiration date. At the time, she was a co-host of the political chat show “The Five.” Media reports suggested that she had been accused of workplace impropriety, including displaying lewd pictures of male genitalia to colleagues, but few additional details of misbehavior emerged. Guilfoyle publicly denied any wrongdoing, and last year a lawyer representing her told The New Yorker that “any suggestion” she had “engaged in misconduct at Fox is patently false.” But, as I reported at the time, shortly after Guilfoyle left her job, Fox secretly paid an undisclosed sum to the assistant, who no longer works at the company. Recently, two well-informed sources told me that Fox, in order to avoid going to trial, had agreed to pay the woman upward of four million dollars.

Until now, the specific accusations against Guilfoyle have remained largely hidden. The draft complaint, which was never filed in court, is covered by a nondisclosure agreement. The former assistant has not been publicly identified, and, out of respect for the rights of alleged victims of sexual harassment, The New Yorker is honoring her confidentiality. Reached for comment, she said, “I wish you well. But I have nothing to say.”



Read more: https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-secret-history-of-kimberly-guilfoyles-departure-from-fox

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The Secret History of Kimberly Guilfoyle's Departure from Fox (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2020 OP
When she said The best is yet to come !!! She wasn't wrong ! OnDoutside Oct 2020 #1
nice analysis and opinion piece IMO nt msongs Oct 2020 #2
So she's a perv.. now that is Cha Oct 2020 #3
As my old friend Homer T. Smith one said: "That's about some trifling shit right there." ... marble falls Oct 2020 #4
Ew. IOW, she totally fits in with the Trumps... Hekate Oct 2020 #5
She never had a child with Newsom LSparkle Oct 2020 #7
I want the complete list of those female (female whats, though??) owned businesses. 1,800 a day? niyad Oct 2020 #6
365 days/year X 4 Years (uggg) 1,460 days ... aggiesal Oct 2020 #17
Tawdry. No Vested Interest Oct 2020 #8
You would have thought she was some kind of a rock star @ the RNC! BUT NO! Just another Illumination Oct 2020 #9
Am reading the whole article, but stopped long enough to say: it's really lurid.... Hekate Oct 2020 #10
"HR warned Guilfoyle about her behavior several times" dalton99a Oct 2020 #11
to be thrown from fox must take some doing! uriel1972 Oct 2020 #19
I really don't care. Do U? Another paid ***** (fill in the blank) Evolve Dammit Oct 2020 #12
Drugs, just crazy, or both? not fooled Oct 2020 #13
Faux Snooz, when we break a story, it stays broken! n/t aggiesal Oct 2020 #18
Republican, Finance and Chair combine to mean Scumbag muriel_volestrangler Oct 2020 #14
So Kimberly might have liked to have sex w/girls and or show them dick pics and to me that might ... Botany Oct 2020 #15
Keith Olbermann's comment was good... BigmanPigman Oct 2020 #16
How could anyone define "inappropriate behavior" at Fox? nt spooky3 Oct 2020 #20
After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING applegrove Oct 2020 #21

OnDoutside

(19,908 posts)
1. When she said The best is yet to come !!! She wasn't wrong !
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 06:56 PM
Oct 2020

msongs

(67,199 posts)
2. nice analysis and opinion piece IMO nt
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:05 PM
Oct 2020

Cha

(295,929 posts)
3. So she's a perv.. now that is
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:06 PM
Oct 2020

shocking.

marble falls

(56,359 posts)
4. As my old friend Homer T. Smith one said: "That's about some trifling shit right there." ...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:13 PM
Oct 2020

She and Butthead Jr are a perfect match. I wish them much misery and total financial disaster.

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
5. Ew. IOW, she totally fits in with the Trumps...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:16 PM
Oct 2020

But what’s this about being a single mother? Ick!

LSparkle

(11,660 posts)
7. She never had a child with Newsom
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:23 PM
Oct 2020

THANKFULLY!

niyad

(112,438 posts)
6. I want the complete list of those female (female whats, though??) owned businesses. 1,800 a day?
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:19 PM
Oct 2020

For how many days?? Tens of thousands of businesses closing, millions unemployed, and she spews this bilge

Your meds need adjusting, kimmie.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
17. 365 days/year X 4 Years (uggg) 1,460 days ...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:23 PM
Oct 2020

1,800 new women owned businesses/day X 1,460 days = 2,628,000 woman owned businesses

Pendejo45 had created 6,688,000 million jobs from 1/20/2017 to 1/19/2020
As of July 2020, Pendejo45 has lost 7,800,000 million jobs.

That's a wipe out of the approximately 14,488,000 jobs since January 2020.

Where are the 2,628,000 women owned businesses?

No Vested Interest

(5,157 posts)
8. Tawdry.
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:27 PM
Oct 2020

Is she a home-wrecker?
Her boyfriend, Don Jr. was married with five children, as I recall.
When and how did the music end?

 

Illumination

(2,458 posts)
9. You would have thought she was some kind of a rock star @ the RNC! BUT NO! Just another
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:27 PM
Oct 2020

corrupt Trump low life associate sniffing out $ & in need of counseling...

Hekate

(90,202 posts)
10. Am reading the whole article, but stopped long enough to say: it's really lurid....
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:28 PM
Oct 2020

What the HELL does Kim snort?! Her behavior as described matches that of the worst male harassers, minus only actual rape.

dalton99a

(81,073 posts)
11. "HR warned Guilfoyle about her behavior several times"
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:31 PM
Oct 2020
Multiple sources told HuffPost that Guilfoyle’s exit from Fox News, where she had worked since 2006, came after her alleged inappropriate workplace behavior could no longer be tolerated by the network. Vanity Fair, which broke the story about Guilfoyle leaving the network, and The Daily Beast, which reported that Fox News staff allegedly waged a “hostile whisper campaign” against Guilfoyle, have said she crossed the line by using network makeup artists for personal outings, but the accusations Guilfoyle faced were much more serious.

Six sources said Guilfoyle’s behavior included showing personal photographs of male genitalia to colleagues (and identifying whose genitals they were), regularly discussing sexual matters at work and engaging in emotionally abusive behavior toward hair and makeup artists and support staff.

According to sources, Guilfoyle was the subject of a human resources investigation that started last year and involved interviews with Fox News employees, including hair and makeup artists and producers. Sources said HR warned Guilfoyle about her behavior several times, including a stern warning from Kevin Lord, the head of Fox News HR, in the fall of 2017. HuffPost also began investigating Guilfoyle’s workplace conduct last year.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kimberly-guilfoyle-misconduct-allegations-fox-news_n_5b5a6064e4b0b15aba96f4de

uriel1972

(4,261 posts)
19. to be thrown from fox must take some doing!
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:44 PM
Oct 2020

Evolve Dammit

(16,632 posts)
12. I really don't care. Do U? Another paid ***** (fill in the blank)
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:33 PM
Oct 2020

not fooled

(5,791 posts)
13. Drugs, just crazy, or both?
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 07:33 PM
Oct 2020

We report, you decide.



And...she's perfect for the red don campaign--experience in paying hush money and hiding wrongdoing!

Tim Murtaugh, a spokesman for the Trump campaign, declined to comment on the appropriateness of Guilfoyle overseeing the Trump campaign’s finances, given the allegations about hush money and harassment levied against her by her former assistant. Murtaugh referred inquiries to Guilfoyle’s lawyer.

aggiesal

(8,864 posts)
18. Faux Snooz, when we break a story, it stays broken! n/t
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:27 PM
Oct 2020

muriel_volestrangler

(101,158 posts)
14. Republican, Finance and Chair combine to mean Scumbag
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:02 PM
Oct 2020
Scandals engulf multiple RNC finance chairs Steve Wynn, Elliott Broidy, Michael Cohen, and Louis DeJoy

Plus Brian Ballard and Gordon Sondland as regional vice-chairmen: https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211031694 (with the prescient line in 2018 "Maybe someone should check out Louis DeJoy?" )

Botany

(70,291 posts)
15. So Kimberly might have liked to have sex w/girls and or show them dick pics and to me that might ...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:04 PM
Oct 2020

...be a private matter* but she has been part of the Fox/Right Wing/Fundy Christian sect that used anti LGBT hate speech and
some sort sexual purity standards on other people for years in order to gain political power .... fuck her.


* as long as it is not sexual harassment or abusive

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
16. Keith Olbermann's comment was good...
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 08:14 PM
Oct 2020

Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) Tweeted:
The one of @DonaldJTrumpJr would just be a thumbnail


?s=20

spooky3

(34,303 posts)
20. How could anyone define "inappropriate behavior" at Fox? nt
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 09:31 PM
Oct 2020

applegrove

(118,022 posts)
21. After discussion with hosts ... LOCKING
Thu Oct 1, 2020, 10:27 PM
Oct 2020

Alert: feature, not LBN

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