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A former Fox News staffer has filed a lawsuit against the network and Tucker Carlson's executive producer for sexual assault and alleged the network prevented him from reporting it.
The US Daily Mail reports the lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, claimed that Andrew Delancey, a former Regional Producer with Fox News Edge, was sexually assaulted by Tucker Carlson's Senior Executive Producer Justin Wells.
At the time of the alleged assault, Wells was a producer for Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record until 2016. He then helped Carlson launch his primetime show and became his 'right-hand man' when he was promoted to Senior Executive Producer and Vice President until Carlson's firing in April.
Wells was fired at the same time as Carlson - but now works as a producer on Carlson's new X chat show.
Delancey alleged Wells first made contact with him in 2007 through a Facebook group for Fox News employees when Delancey was working at Fox 13 Tampa Bay and Wells was a producer at Fox 5 NYC .
According to the lawsuit Wells told Delancey he has 'caught his eye,' began sending messages to show he knew powerful people and encourage Delancey to move to New York.
In September 2008, Delancey began his employment at Fox News in New York City where Wells allegedly showered him with gifts.
When Delancey realized his salary was difficult to live on in the Big Apple, he claimed Wells connected him to an interview at a different network and put in a good word for him around Fox.
'Wells was not reserved about reminding Mr. Delancey that he held higher status at the Network and could, in turn, affect Mr. Delancey’s career trajectory,' alleged the lawsuit.
The alleged assault happened one month after Delancey started at Fox News when he was meeting up with Wells to go out with coworkers for a drink.
Delancey claimed Wells invited him inside his apartment for a cocktail before going out.
According to the lawsuit, 'Wells aggressively pushed Mr. Delancey onto his bed where he violently forced his tongue into Mr. Delancey’s mouth.'
'Wells quickly began unbuttoning and trying to rip off Delancey’s jeans as the sexual assault progressed. Simultaneously, Wells aggressively grabbed Delancey’s genitals causing him severe pain.'
Delancey claimed to have yelled out 'no' and asked to leave the apartment and see the building rooftop where he claimed Wells tried to grope him again.
The lawsuit alleged Delancey's supervisor told him he could not go to human resources about anything and they were not to be trusted.
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