Married Fox Business Network host Charles Payne is suspended during a sexual harassment investigation after 'admitting to having a three-year affair with a political analyst'
- Charles Payne, who hosts Making Money, was accused of sexual misconduct
- A former CNN contributor said she'd had a three year affair with the anchor
- Payne, a married father, admitted the extramarital affair on Wednesday and apologized to his wife and children
- But his lawyer says he 'categorically denies' any acts of sexual harassment
A Fox Business Network host has been suspended amid sexual harassment allegations from former female commentator.
Charles Payne, who hosts Making Money, was accused of having a three year affair with a married political analyst, who had worked for CNN, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Payne, a married father, admitted to the extramarital affair on Wednesday and apologized to his wife and children.
Charles Payne, who hosts Making Money, has been suspended amid sexual harassment allegations from former female commentator
But his lawyer says he 'categorically denies' any acts of sexual harassment against the woman.
'We take issues of this nature extremely seriously and have a zero-tolerance policy for any professional misconduct,' a Fox Business Network spokesman.
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'This matter is being thoroughly investigated and we are taking all of the appropriate steps to reach a resolution in a timely manner.'
The woman reported the affair to Fox's law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, alleging she was coerced into a sexual relationship with Payne. She claimed she feared reprisals if she said no.
She said that when she ended the affair in 2015 and tried to report Payne to Fox News execs, she was blackballed from the show.
Payne (pictured with his wife) a married father, acknowledged the extramarital affair on Wednesday and apologized to his wife and children
His accuser's lawyer, who is preparing a legal complaint against Fox News and Payne, said his client had stayed in the relationship because she believed he would help her land a permanent position at the network, sources told the Times.
But she says her career was seriously damaged after she ended the relationship.
She had tried to talk about the situation with former head of programming Bill Shine, who left Fox News this May, but to no avail, her lawyer says,
The accusations are the latest in a series of allegations of sexual misconduct at Fox.
Popular right-wing host Billy O’Reilly found out he was fired from the network in April, while on vacation in Italy, after an African-American woman accused him of sexual harassment.
Payne (pictured center) categorically denies' any acts of sexual harassment against the woman
She said he would call her 'hot chocolate' when he walked by during the day, and would frunt at her.
O'Reilly denies all the claims against him.
Ex-Fox News Latino Vice President Francisco Cortes and 21st Century Fox settled sexual assault allegations against him by political commentator, Tamara Holder.
And the biggest departure came last year when former boss Roger Ailes was forced to resign amid a flurry of sexual misconduct allegations. He left Fox with a $60 million payout.
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