The former presenter and reporter of Fox Sports, Julie Stewart-Binks, accused one of her former boss on the network to sexually assault her on a balcony outside her room of Hotel Marina del Rey in 2016.
A lawsuit filed on Friday at the Los Angeles County Tribun To his mouth “after the two originally gathered to discuss the plans for an upcoming show.
Stewart-Binks finally escaped from Dixon, according to the lawsuit, but shortly after the incident, his contract with Fox was not renewed. In June 2017, after having finished working for Fox, Stewart-Binks was interviewed by the Network Human Resources Department as part of an investigation into a different Fox Executive, according to the presentation.
During that interview, says the demand, Stewart-Binks informed human resources of the alleged incident that he involved Dixon and said that he was the one who should be investigating. Instead of taking measures, the demand alleges: “Fox made the deliberate decision to protect Dixon and allow a sexual predator to remain an executive in Fox for almost a decade.”
The demand alleges sexual aggression and sexual aggression as causes of action against all the defendants, which include Dixon, Fox Sports and their parent company, Fox Corp.
The Times could not reach Dixon through Fox Sports. Asked by The Times about demand and its accusations, Fox Sports sent an email message: “These accusations are more than eight years ago. At that time, we quickly hire a third -party company to investigate and address the matter based on their findings. ”
Fox did not reveal the results of third -party investigation.
Stewart-Binks was hired as the presenter and reporter of the FS1 Uvers1 in 2013. Some of his duties with the network included organizing a daily football program, informing of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi and serving as a reporter of Ducks Sidelet In 2014. At the beginning of 2016, according to the lawsuit, Fox Sports presenter Jason Whitlock expressed interest that Stewart-Binks appears in the program he would present during the Super Bowl week.
According to the presentation, Stewart-Binks met with Dixon on the night of January 27, 2016, in a hotel bar to discuss the executive's thoughts for the Whitlock program. But the conversation took a strange turn, according to demand, since Dixon made such comments to Stewart-Binks as “You are not fun, interesting or talented” and “You are not hot enough to be a hot girl on television.”
On the last call, according to the complaint, Dixon invited Stewart to his room for a beer and see the view, an offer that initially rejected but then “reluctantly” he accepted.
“While Mrs. Stewart-Binks was standing on the balcony looking towards the dark, Dixon pushed her quickly against the wall and set her arms to her side,” says the demand. “With sustained arms and his body pressed against hers, Dixon tried to force his tongue to his mouth. Mrs. Stewart-Binks closed her mouth.
“Dixon ignored her, continuing to press against her body and lick her mouth closed. While keeping one of his arms stuck, he moved his other arm to press his upper elbow against the wall towards his body and to his chest. Mrs. Stewart-Binks seized the moment of partial freedom to get away, say “get out of me” and quickly leaves the hotel room. “
According to the lawsuit, Stewart-Binks called his mother on the way home and told him what had supposedly happened. “The two agreed that it would be wiser for Mrs. Stewart-Binks remain silent instead of risking the race she had worked so hard to build,” says the complaint.
Stewart-Binks got the work for the Whitlock program, but several weeks later was informed by his agents that Fox had decided not to renew his contract. Since then, Stewart-Binks has continued working in the industry, including concerts for ESPN and other points of sale, but the demand establishes that “about information and belief, it suspects that after leaving Fox, Dixon continued to take advantage of its connections for undermine her professional career. ”
Stewart-Binks is looking for un specified damage, as well as “precaution Responsible individuals, as well as those who enabled or protected them, without compensation. “
Earlier this month, Dixon, Fox Sports and Fox Corp. were among those accused in a civil lawsuit filed by stylist Noushin Faraji in the Superior Court of the Los Angeles County. That demand, which also appointed the former host of Fox Sports, Skip Bayless, and the current host Joy Taylor as defendants, claims that Faraji “was forced to endure a place of misogynistic, racist and capable work where executives and talent It allowed them to physically and verbally abuse workers with impunity. ” During his decade more working on the network.
According to Stewart-Binks complaint, he approached Faraji after the hairdresser filed his demand to see how he could help. “Em. Faraji simply asked Mrs. Stewart-Binks to tell her history to the world,” says the complaint.
