{"id":1812,"date":"2023-03-09T10:06:07","date_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2023-03-09T10:06:07","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T15:06:07","slug":"fox-news-star-andrew-napolitano-fired-amid-sex-crime-allegation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=1812","title":{"rendered":"Fox News Star Andrew Napolitano Fired Amid Sex Crime Allegation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-1814\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"782\" height=\"420\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17.png 782w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17-770x414.png 770w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17-293x157.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/image-17-390x209.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 782px) 100vw, 782px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Popular Fox News Judge Andrew Napolitano, a legal contributor, was fired following allegations of sexual harassment against young men at the network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napolitano appeared more than 14,500 times on air, a record for any on-air personality at Fox News.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>27-year-old John Fawcett, who worked as an associate producer at Fox News, filed a legal complaint against Napolitano.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The court documents allege Napolitano \u201csexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fawcett also says he reported Napolitano\u2019s misconduct to Fox News\u2019 human resources department, but the network did not take any action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon learning of the allegations, Fox News said it \u201cimmediately investigated the claims and addressed the matter with both parties.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napolitano has not appeared on air at Fox News since the legal complaint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fox News released a statement that explained: \u201cThe network and Judge Napolitano have since parted ways.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe take all allegations of misconduct seriously, are committed to providing a safe, transparent, and collaborative workplace environment for all our employees and took immediate, appropriate action,\u201d Fox News said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In total, two lawsuit were filed by different men who accused former Fox News personality of sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napolitano has filed a libel suit against one of his accusers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in New Jersey, Napolitano served as a New Jersey Superior Court judge from 1987 to 1995.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a syndicated columnist whose work appears in numerous publications, including The Washington Times and Reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napolitano has served as a visiting professor at Brooklyn Law School and has written nine books.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Napolitano was at Fox News for 24 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingreports.org\/archives\/681676\">https:\/\/www.breakingreports.org\/archives\/681676<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular Fox News Judge Andrew Napolitano, a legal contributor, was fired following allegations of sexual harassment against young men at the network. Napolitano appeared more than 14,500 times on air, a record for any on-air personality at Fox News. 27-year-old John Fawcett, who worked as an associate producer at Fox News, filed a legal complaint against Napolitano. The court documents allege Napolitano \u201csexually harassed numerous young male employees during his tenure at Fox News.\u201d Fawcett also says he reported Napolitano\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1812"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1815,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1812\/revisions\/1815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}