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Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon has reportedly lost his job with the network after being accused of sexual battery in two separate lawsuits.
The allegations against Dixon first came in a lawsuit filed by former Fox Sports hair stylist Noushin Faraji, in which Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor were also named.
Bayless is specifically accused of offering $1.5million to Faraji for sex, while Dixon allegedly groped the stylist’s back side. Taylor is also accused of dismissing Faraji’s sexual harassment complaints against Bayless and Dixon, allegedly telling the hair stylist to ‘get over it.’
Dixon was accused in a subsequent lawsuit of pinning former Fox Sports host Julie Stewart-Binks against a wall and forcibly kissing her during a 2016 meeting in a hotel room, but he has denied that claim.
Now, according to The Athletic, Dixon is out at Fox Sports. DailyMail.com has reached out to the network for comment.
‘Charlie Dixon is no longer with Fox Sports,’ a Fox Sports spokesperson told The Athletic.’There is no further comment at this time.’
Charlie Dixon is no longer with Fox Sports after being twice accused of sexual battery
The allegations against Dixon first emerged in a lawsuit which also named Skip Bayless and Joy Taylor. Bayless has been accused of offering Faraji money for sex, while Taylor is accused of dismissing the hair stylist’s sexual harassment complaints.
In a statement provided to Daily Mail, Dixon’s attorney stressed that Fox did not mention sexual harassment in dismissing his client.
‘Charlie Dixon is deeply saddened by the decision of Fox Sports to terminate his employment,’ read the statement from attorney John Ly. ‘After nine years in positions of increasing responsibility at the network, Mr. Dixon was told that he was being let go for violating company policy.
‘According to the network, Mr. Dixon did not disclose to human resources or the legal department that a third-party production company had hired his wife as a temporary freelancer. But the reality is that Mr. Dixon had asked his supervisor about the hire and was told that there were no objections.
‘It is noteworthy that a Fox spokesperson made no reference to the company investigation of sexual harassment claims in announcing Mr. Dixon’s departure. Mr. Dixon has cooperated fully with the investigation and denies engaging in any inappropriate conduct.’
A court filing obtained by Daily Mail earlier this month showed that attorneys for both Faraji as well as the defendants have been engaged in settlement discussions. Front Office Sports was the first to report the settlement talks.
The lawsuit was filed after Bayless’ departure from Fox Sports’ cable network, FS1, last August, but Taylor continues to work at the network after returning from a mysterious two-week absence in March.
Both Taylor and Bayless have previously denied the allegations, while Fox spokespeople said they ‘take these allegations seriously’ but ‘have no further comment.’
DailyMail.com reached out to all attorneys in the case for comment on the settlement negotiations described in the last filing.
As for Stewart-Binks, her lawsuit labeled Dixon a ‘sexual predator,;
Noushin Faraji, a hair stylist, filed a lawsuit naming former Fox talent Skip Bayless and FS1 host Joy Taylor in addition to a Fox executive and the network itself
Julie Stewart-Binks has also accused Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon of sexual battery
The broadcaster claims she raised the alleged incident with Fox’s HR department but the network ‘egregiously made the deliberate decision to protect Dixon and allow a sexual predator to remain an executive at Fox for nearly a decade.’
In a previous statement provided to The Athletic, Fox said: ‘These allegations are from over eight years ago. At the time, we promptly hired a third-party firm to investigate and addressed the matter based on their findings.’
Stewart-Binks was informed that her contract with Fox Sports would not be renewed in March 2016.
She declined to disclose her allegations against Dixon while she was still at the company, but did share them a year later, in June 2017, when a Fox HR official contacted her with regards to an investigation into Jamie Horowitz, another FS1 executive.
She went on to hold positions at ESPN and CBC. Now she hosts a podcast with former NHL player Nate Thompson and works as a reporter at SNY.
