A former Fox Sports staff member has filed a lawsuit accusing former “Undisputed” host Skip Bayless of offering her $1.5 million for sex, alleging it occurred in a hostile work environment where the company also violated state labor laws.
Noushin Faraji’s proposed Los Angeles Superior Court class-action lawsuit allegations include wrongful termination, retaliation, negligent hiring, supervision and retention, sexual battery, unlawful or fraudulent business practices and failure to pay business practices as well as all wages owed upon termination.
Faraji, who was a hair stylist for Fox Sports, accuses Bayless of “lingering hugs after each haircut, putting his body against her own, pressing against her breasts” while also alleging Bayless offered her $1.5 million to have sex with him.
Joy Taylor, co-host of the show “Speak” on FS1, is also a defendant. Taylor, who is Black, had authority to make decisions regarding the plaintiff’s employment, according to the suit, which alleges that Taylor bullied the Persian Faraji and that the two had a falling out after initially being friends.
Faraji seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive damages on behalf of herself as well as certification of the proposed class and an injunction preventing further such alleged conduct by the defendants.
In a statement Monday, a Fox Sports representative said, “We take these allegations seriously and have no further comment at this time given this pending litigation.”
According to the lawsuit, Faraji worked at the network from 2012 through August 2024.
“Ms. Faraji brings forth this action because for over a decade at Fox, she was forced to endure a misogynistic, racist and ableist workplace where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse workers with impunity,” the suit states.
When Faraji and others came forward to report the alleged wrongdoing, instead of addressing their concerns, Fox retaliated against them while the harassers and their protectors were “inexplicitly promoted,” the suit states.
When Faraji was terminated after Bayless’ “Undisputed” show was cancelled, Fox used “fabricated business expenses” as a pretext to take away her job, according to the suit. Fox personalities, including Colin Cowherd, continue to seek her, the suit states.
“This case thus represents yet another in a long line of cases chronicling the toxic culture at Fox, marked by bad faith promises and repeated failures to address a poisonous and entrenched patriarchy,” according to the complaint.
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