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A former Fox News staffer has filed a lawsuit against the network and Tucker Carlson’s executive producer for sexual assault and alleged the network prevented him from reporting it.
The lawsuit, filed Monday in the Southern District of New York, claimed that Andrew Delancey, a former Regional Producer with Fox News Edge, was sexually assaulted by Tucker Carlson’s Senior Executive Producer Justin Wells.
At the time of the alleged assault, Wells was a producer for Greta Van Susteren’s On the Record until 2016. He then helped Carlson launch his primetime show and became his ‘right-hand man’ when he was promoted to Senior Executive Producer and Vice President until Carlson’s firing in April.
Wells was fired at the same time as Carlson – but now works as a producer on Carlson’s new X chat show.
Delancey alleged Wells first made contact with him in 2007 through a Facebook group for Fox News employees when Delancey was working at Fox 13 Tampa Bay and Wells was a producer at Fox 5 NYC .
According to the lawsuit Wells told Delancey he has ‘caught his eye,’ began sending messages to show he knew powerful people and encourage Delancey to move to New York.
Andrew Delancey, a former Regional Producer with Fox News Edge, claims he sexually assaulted by Tucker Carlson’s Senior Executive Producer Justin Wells (pictured)
At the time of the alleged assault, Wells (left) was a producer for Greta Van Susteren’s show until 2016. He then helped Carlson (right) launch his primetime show
In September 2008, Delancey began his employment at Fox News in New York City where Wells allegedly showered him with gifts.
When Delancey realized his salary was difficult to live on in the Big Apple, he claimed Wells connected him to an interview at a different network and put in a good word for him around Fox.
‘Wells was not reserved about reminding Mr. Delancey that he held higher status at the Network and could, in turn, affect Mr. Delancey’s career trajectory,’ alleged the lawsuit.
The alleged assault happened one month after Delancey started at Fox News when he was meeting up with Wells to go out with coworkers for a drink.
Delancey claimed Wells invited him inside his apartment for a cocktail before going out.
According to the lawsuit, ‘Wells aggressively pushed Mr. Delancey onto his bed where he violently forced his tongue into Mr. Delancey’s mouth.’
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‘Wells quickly began unbuttoning and trying to rip off Mr. Delancey’s jeans as the sexual assault progressed. Simultaneously, Wells aggressively grabbed Mr. Delancey’s genitals causing him severe pain.’
Delancey claimed to have yelled out ‘no’ and asked to leave the apartment and see the building rooftop where he claimed Wells tried to grope him again.
The lawsuit alleged Delancey’s supervisor told him he could not go to human resources about anything and they were not to be trusted.
One week after the alleged assault, Delancey claimed he was not given the job from the interview Wells arranged for him at a different network.
He claimed Well’s told him he was ‘not thinking straight’ and is ‘screwing [himself] over’ for not giving into Wells demands.
Amidst the Me Too movement, Delancey posted on Facebook about his alleged assault and claimed Wells reached out to him asking who assaulted him.
The lawsuit is being brought through the New York Adult Survivors Act.
Fox News signage outside the headquarters in New York in 2022. The lawsuit alleged Fox News discouraged Delancey from reporting the alleged assault to human resources
Tucker Carlson said in a statement about the new lawsuit, ‘If you wait 15 years to cash in with a civil suit, no one should take you seriously’
‘This meritless legal action was filed 15 years after the alleged incident and mere days before the extended statute of limitations would have run,’ Wells’ attorney Harmeet Dhillon said to The Daily Beast.
‘Mr. Wells denies the allegations unequivocally, and will contest them vigorously. This is yet another attempt by a law firm with a history of suing Fox and its former employees to cash in on frivolous allegations.’
Carlson said in a statement provided by Wells’ attorney: ‘As a general matter, if you believe you’ve been the victim of a sex crime, you have a moral obligation to alert police, so it doesn’t happen to someone else.’
‘If you wait 15 years to cash in with a civil suit, no one should take you seriously. I certainly don’t.’
Fox News did not respond to request for comment.
