The one released today is unique. Where the others highlighted how those who rebuffed Ailes found themselves without a career, this one details the account of one talent booker who relented and climbed the ranks at Fox as a result. Her name is Laurie Luhn and she has a history of breakdowns that she attributes to her time with him. One of those breakdowns, according to what she told Sherman, landed her in the hospital. She says she was harassed for 20 years after first meeting Ailes in Washington D.C.
The article describes how she was forced to dance in stockings on film and told that the recording would stay in a safety deposit box
It was always the on-my-knees, hold-my-temples routine. There was no affair, no sex, no love.– Laurie Luhn
Read the full piece for accounts from her former colleagues about her “protected” status as one of Ailes’ favorites, her eventual promotion to a job finding him “Roger’s Angels” and “whores” in the form of eager young Fox staffers, and her inevitable retreat from the life that was driving her crazy. Be advised that Ailes’ attorney did not respond to Sherman and we have reached out to Fox and will update this post if and when they get back to us.
One final note: This piece mentions high-ranking Fox brass Bill Shine and is not the first time he has been implicated in all of this. His name has been getting floated around as a possible successor to Ailes.
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