Fox News host Eric Bolling is suing a reporter for $50 million over story about sexual harassment allegations
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Court filings from the New York Supreme Court reveal that Yashar Ali, a HuffPost contributing writer, was issued a summons notice to appear in court. Bolling is seeking $50 million in damages.
"The nature of this action is for damages and injunctive relief based on defamation arising from the defendant's efforts to injure the plaintiff's reputation through the intentional and/or highly reckless publication of actionable false and misleading statements about the plaintiff's conduct and character," read the court notice.
Bolling was suspended from Fox News after being accused of sending unsolicited photos of male genitalia to several colleagues at various departments over a span of several years. The allegations, first brought to light by Ali's report, cited a dozen sources.
"Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently underway," Fox News said in a statement emailed to Business Insider on Saturday.
Following the allegations, Caroline Heldman, a former Fox News contributor, explained in a Facebook post that Bolling's conduct was "wildly inappropriate for years."
"Once, he took me up to his office in New York, showed me his baseball jerseys, and in the brief time I was there, let me know that his office was his favorite place to have sex," Heldman accounted.
After being suspended, Bolling said that he was "overwhelmed by all the support."
"I look forward to clearing my name asap," he tweeted.
Neither HuffPost, nor its parent company, Oath were immediately available for comment.
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