--- title: Another Woman Accuses Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment description: Fox 5 reporter Lidia Curanaj is accusing former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes of sexual harassment in a new lawsuit. canonical: https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/ author: Samantha Cooney article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-12-14T16:36:42.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:04:07.154Z og:title: Another Fox Reporter Is Accusing Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment og:description: According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday og:url: https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2758c049cec506/6988b2f12dce01e5249ebb99/roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: FOX News Channel Chairman And CEO Roger Ailes - Portraits og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Another Fox Reporter Is Accusing Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment twitter:description: According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2758c049cec506/6988b2f12dce01e5249ebb99/roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Another Fox Reporter Is Accusing Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 14, 2016 4:36 PM UTC  In this handout photo provided by FOX News, FOX News Channel Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is photographed November 13, 2015 at the networks Manhattan headquarters New York City. (Photo by Wesley Mann/FOX News via Getty Images) In this handout photo provided by FOX News, FOX News Channel Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes is photographed November 13, 2015 at the networks Manhattan headquarters New York City. (Photo by Wesley Mann/FOX News via Getty Images)Handout—Getty Images  by [Samantha Cooney](https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/)  ## Samantha Cooney Dec 14, 2016 4:36 PM UTC A new lawsuit includes additional allegations of sexual harassment by former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes, [the New York _Times_ reports](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/business/fox-faces-new-lawsuit-claiming-harassment-by-roger-ailes.html?%5Fr=0). Lidia Curanaj, a reporter at Fox 5, filed [a lawsuit](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/3237946-Complaint-Against-Fox-News.html) against Fox News’ parent company, 21st Century Fox, on Tuesday, claiming that Ailes harassed her while she was applying for a job at his network. A spokesman for 21st Century Fox declined to [comment](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/business/fox-faces-new-lawsuit-claiming-harassment-by-roger-ailes.html?%5Fr=0) on the lawsuit’s claims to the _Times_. According to the suit, Ailes set up a private job interview with Curanaj, in which she alleges he asked her to twirl for him. She also claimed that Ailes said that the network’s “recipe for success” was to show female anchors’ legs. Ailes, who could not be reached for comment by the _Times_, [resigned from Fox News in July](http://time.com/4413767/roger-ailes-fox-news-resigns-rupert-murdoch/?iid=sr-link1) amid [a wave of sexual harassment claims](http://motto.time.com/4400914/fox-roger-ailes-gretchen-carlson-harassment/?iid=sr-link4) from current and former female staffers at Fox News, including [Gretchen Carlson](http://motto.time.com/4569602/gretchen-carlson-sexual-harassment-op-ed/?iid=sr-link3) and [Megyn Kelly](http://motto.time.com/4558228/megyn-kelly-roger-ailes-sexual-harassment/?iid=sr-link1). Ailes has denied [all allegations of sexual harassment](http://www.politico.com/blogs/on-media/2016/07/roger-ailes-gretchen-carlson-harassment-225193). **_Read More:_**[_Gretchen Carlson’s Next Fight_](http://time.com/4540095/gretchen-carlsons-next-fight/) According to the lawsuit, Ailes first met Curanaj in 2011 while she was attending a dinner with New York State Senator Gregory Ball. After his interview with Curanaj, Ailes allegedly reached out to Ball and asked him about their sex life and whether Curanaj “put out” sexually. Ball told Ailes that she was a “very nice girl” and implied that she wouldn’t “put out” for Ailes. Ailes allegedly told Curanaj that he did not believe she was ready to work at Fox News and advised her to apply for jobs at Fox affiliate stations. “Ms. Curanaj did not receive the position at FNC because Ailes determined that she would not submit to him sexually,” the lawsuit alleges. Curanaj was subsequently hired by Fox 5, where she alleges she faced discrimination from managers who told her she wasn’t attractive enough to be an anchor and cut her hours after she disclosed her pregnancy. \[[The New York _Times_](http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/13/business/fox-faces-new-lawsuit-claiming-harassment-by-roger-ailes.html?%5Fr=0)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/"},"headline":"Another Fox Reporter Is Accusing Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment","datePublished":"2016-12-14T16:36:42.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:04:07.154Z","description":"According to a lawsuit filed on Tuesday","url":"https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/","keywords":["motto"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2758c049cec506/6988b2f12dce01e5249ebb99/roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Cooney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-cooney/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a2758c049cec506/6988b2f12dce01e5249ebb99/roger-ailes-sexual-harassment-lawsuit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"FOX News Channel Chairman And CEO Roger Ailes - Portraits","caption":"FOX News Channel Chairman And CEO Roger Ailes - Portraits","creditText":"Handout—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4602003/roger-ailes-lidia-curanaj-lawsuit/","name":"Another Fox Reporter Is Accusing Roger Ailes of Sexual Harassment"}}]}] ```