Ailes, 76 — who built Fox News into an influential, $3 billion business — is reportedly being shunted aside in the wake of a sexual harassment suit filed against him by former anchor Gretchen Carlson.
Ailes has strongly denied the accusation.
And while most FNC female staffers lined up to support Ailes, one did not: Megyn Kelly.
Kelly, a prime-time anchor, has remained publicly silent on the matter. On Tuesday, however, New York magazine reported that she told Fox lawyers conducting an internal probe that Ailes had sexually harassed her, too, in the mid-2000s, when she was a Washington correspondent. It was not clear what kind of harassment she alleged.
After the article emerged, several news outlets reported that negotiations on Ailes’ exit were under way. Late Tuesday, his lawyer, Susan Estrich, confirmed that the discussions were in the advanced stages, according to the New York Times.
She told CNN, “There’s lots of cross talk, but no agreement has been reached.”