Megyn Kelly Encouraged Others to Talk in Ailes Investigation
Megyn Kelly told lawyers investigating the claims of sexual harassment against Roger Ailes, that she was also harassed by the Fox News CEO.
Word is that Kelly also helped and encouraged other women to speak about their experiences with Ailes.
Gabriel Sherman, who broke the Ailes is out story, writes that Kelly has helped at least one colleague speak out, too. In recent days, Kelly has called a former Fox female anchor and encouraged her to share her experience of harassment by Ailes with the corporate investigators. The former Fox anchor had described to Kelly being kissed against her will by Ailes during a private meeting. According to a person briefed on Kelly’s thinking, Kelly decided to speak to Paul, Weiss attorneys and encourage others to do so because she felt that a parade of Fox women marching to Ailes’s defense was presenting a distorted public account of the company’s culture. “Megyn thought the other side of the story needed to be told,” the source said.
Kelly has so far declined to comment. Her lawyer told the New York Times that “she has cooperated with the inquiry fully and truthfully.”