A triable fact issue existed on whether the sexual assault occurred in a work environment.
A former Fox News Network employee can proceed to trial on his sexual harassment claims under the New York City Human Rights Law where a federal district court in New York found triable issues regarding whether FNN could be held liable for his coworker’s alleged assault. Denying FNN’s motion for summary judgment on the employee’s NYCHRL claims, the court ruled that a jury could conclude the coworker had managerial authority over the employee and could find the assault, which occurred at the coworker’s apartment, occurred in a work environment. The court, however, granted FNN’s motion for summary judgment on the employee’s New York State Human Rights Law claims because he did not show a basis for imputing the coworker’s conduct to FNN (Delancey v. Wells, No. 23 Civ. 10357 (S.D.N.Y. Sept. 14, 2026)).
The employee worked for Fox News Network (FNN) from 2008 to 2010 after relocating to New York from a Florida television station affiliated with Fox. Before joining FNN, he connected through Facebook with a television producer who later joined FNN. After the employee was hired as a regional producer in FNN’s Fox News Edge division, the producer regularly communicated with him and frequently assigned him time-sensitive work requests. Although the producer was not his direct supervisor, he believed the producer held significant influence within the company and could affect his career...
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