Former Fox News staffer Laurie Luhn has dropped her $750 million lawsuit against Showtime over her portrayal in the Roger Ailes limited series “The Loudest Voice.”
Filed back in January, the lawsuit said that the 5-part series — based on Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman’s book about the cable news network, “The Loudest Voice in the Room” — misrepresented her as a willing collaborator in Ailes’ sexual harassment of women during her time at the network.
Luhn’s attorney filed a request with the court on Friday to have the court dismiss the suit with prejudice.
Also Read: Ex-Fox News Employee Sues Showtime for $750 Million Over Upcoming Roger Ailes Series
Luhn, who spent two decades at Fox News, said in the suit that she was a victim of Ailes. She said Ailes repeatedly told her, “I own you” and forced her to “purchase black garters and stockings to wear for Ailes,...
Filed back in January, the lawsuit said that the 5-part series — based on Vanity Fair special correspondent Gabriel Sherman’s book about the cable news network, “The Loudest Voice in the Room” — misrepresented her as a willing collaborator in Ailes’ sexual harassment of women during her time at the network.
Luhn’s attorney filed a request with the court on Friday to have the court dismiss the suit with prejudice.
Also Read: Ex-Fox News Employee Sues Showtime for $750 Million Over Upcoming Roger Ailes Series
Luhn, who spent two decades at Fox News, said in the suit that she was a victim of Ailes. She said Ailes repeatedly told her, “I own you” and forced her to “purchase black garters and stockings to wear for Ailes,...
- 6/29/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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