Eric Bolling, Suspended by Fox News, Sues Over Lewd-Photo Article

Eric Bolling, Suspended by Fox News, Sues Over Lewd-Photo Article
The article, by Yashar Ali, cited a dozen unidentified people who said
that Mr. Bolling had “sent an unsolicited photo of male genitalia via text message to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News.” On Saturday, a day after the article was published, Fox News said it had suspended Mr. Bolling pending an investigation into the accusations.
The summons cites what it calls Mr. Ali’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.”
Mr. Bolling, who was most recently a host of “The Fox News Specialists,” is represented by Michael J. Bowe of the law firm Kasowitz Benson Torres.
“In news, the Fox News Channel was the most-watched cable network for the last 12 months, during which it achieved its highest-rated
quarter ever in 24-hour viewership,” Lachlan Murdoch, executive chairman of 21st Century Fox, said during a call with analysts
The company reported net income of $476 million, or 26 cents a share, down from $567 million, or
30 cents a share in the same period a year earlier, which included a $60 million tax benefit.