Fox Sports Lawsuit Against Skip Bayless, Others May Increase as Trial Continues

Fox Sports Lawsuit Against Skip Bayless, Others May Increase as Trial Continues

A hair salon lawsuit against Fox Sports accusing network executive Charlie Dixon and longtime show host Skip Bayless of making unwanted sexual advances could entangle more litigants as it makes its way through court.

Marcellus Wiley, the former co-host of FS1 Speak for yourselfsaid he was considering suing the network for conspiring to replace him on the show with Joy Taylor, who allegedly curried Dixon’s favor with sexual favors and dismissed hairdresser Noushin Faraji’s concerns about sexual harassment.

“I’m just trying to embrace that look,” Wiley said in an interview with Jason Whitlock on Wednesday.

While Faraji is seeking an investigation into the extent to which network executives were aware of the alleged misconduct, she also said she may name Fox Sports President Mark Silverman and Fox Sports CEO Eric Shanks in the lawsuit.

“Fox’s failure to prevent harassment perpetuated a misogynistic, racist, and anti-disability workplace where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse employees with impunity,” the complaint states.

In a lawsuit filed Jan. 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, Faraji sued Fox Sports, Dixon and Skip Bayless for sexual assault and hostile work environment. She accused Dixon of “rubbing her body and grabbing her buttocks,” repeatedly pressing his body against her and placing her on her back at a 2017 birthday party hosted by Taylor and Bayless, who allegedly offered her $1.5 million for sex having kissed cheeks. According to the complaint, Fox fired her at Dixon’s direction because she revealed information about his sexual relationships with network employees.

The lawsuit involves some of Fox Sport’s top broadcasters, including ex-Speak for yourself Presenter Emmanuel Acho, who also reportedly had a relationship with Taylor. In 2022 the show was renamed to Speakwith Taylor replacing Wiley while Acho is co-host The facility.

When the lawsuit was filed, Wiley said in an interview that he realized he was “being pressured because Charlie, Joy and Acho are all after me.”

The proposed class action lawsuit also seeks to represent other Fox employees who were allegedly not paid required minimum wage and overtime wages.

Fox Sports did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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