Fox Sports fires Charlie Dixon after he was accused of sexual battery by 2 ex-employees, his lawyer says

FS1 enforcement shaper of contented Charlie Dixon, who has been accused of intersexual artillery successful 2 lawsuits by erstwhile employees and of intersexual battle successful 1 of the lawsuits, is nary longer with Fox Sports.

An lawyer for Dixon said successful a connection emailed to The Times precocious Monday nighttime that his lawsuit had been told by Fox Sports “that helium was being fto spell for violating institution policy” successful a substance that had thing to bash with the lawsuits filed successful January.

“According to the network, Mr. Dixon did not disclose to quality resources oregon the ineligible section that a third-party accumulation institution had hired his woman arsenic a impermanent freelancer,” wrote lawyer John Ly, who is representing Dixon successful the abstracted civilian lawsuits filed this twelvemonth by erstwhile web anchor and newsman Julie Stewart-Binks and hairstylist Noushin Faraji.

“But the world is that Mr. Dixon had asked his supervisor astir the prosecute and was told that determination were nary objections.”

Ly added: “It is noteworthy that a Fox spokesperson made nary notation to the institution probe of intersexual harassment claims successful announcing Mr. Dixon’s departure. Mr. Dixon has cooperated afloat with the probe and denies engaging successful immoderate inappropriate conduct.”

Ly did not instantly respond to further questions from The Times.

Fox Sports, reached by email Tuesday morning, would lone corroborate that Dixon is nary agelong employed by the company.

“Charlie Dixon is nary longer with FOX Sports,” the web stated. “There is nary further remark astatine this time.”

In her lawsuit, filed successful Los Angeles County Superior Court connected Jan. 31, Stewart-Binks accused Dixon of holding her against a wall, “forcefully” pressing his assemblage against hers and trying “to unit his lingua into her mouth” pursuing a work-related gathering successful 2016.

Soon aft the incident, the suit states, Stewart-Binks’ declaration with Fox was not renewed. The suit alleges intersexual battle and intersexual artillery arsenic causes of enactment against each defendants, which see Dixon, Fox Sports and its genitor company, Fox Corp.

Asked successful January astir the suit and its allegations, Fox Sports emailed a statement: “These allegations are from implicit 8 years ago. At the time, we promptly hired a third-party steadfast to analyse and addressed the substance based connected their findings.”

Dixon was besides among the defendants successful Faraji’s lawsuit, which was filed successful L.A. County Superior Court successful aboriginal January. In it, helium is accused of “rubbing her assemblage and grabbing her buttocks” without Faraji’s support astatine a day enactment for different Fox Sports employee. The suit alleges intersexual artillery and hostile enactment situation arsenic causes of enactment against Dixon.