Debbie Schlussel, the woman who accused Sean Hannity of sexual harassment, has clarified her allegations. The former Fox News guest says that Hannity didn’t harass her, but was just creepy! Confused? We have five important facts about the controversy you need to know.
The accuser, Debbie Schlussel, makes regular appearances on the network. If you’re curious to know about her, you’ve come to the right place. It looks like Fox News Channel has its hands full handling sexual harassment claims. After Bill O’Reilly’s ouster, Sean Hannity is the next Fox bigwig who has been accused of sexual harassment.
According to her web site, Schlussel is a political commentator, radio talk show host, columnist, and attorney. The 48-year-old has had her work published in the New York Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times and The Jerusalem Post, just to name a few.
After Bill O’Reilly’s ouster, Sean Hannity is the next Fox bigwig who has been accused of sexual harassment. The complainant is Debbie Schlussel.
Schlussel is in the news right now because of comments she made on Friday, April 24, on a radio show. In that interview, she said she had turned Hannity down when he asked her to come back to his hotel room after she finished taping an appearance on his show. "And then after that, I wasn't booked on the show again. And he called at me and yelled at me," she said in the interview, according to the LA Times.
And her channel fizzled just like most other channels probably did. Her videos total up to almost 1.7 million views, and she's currently sitting at just under 500 subscribers. But it doesn't appear that her subscribers are getting much these days: Schlussel hasn't posted a video in five years.
Schlussel seems to feel her convictions at a deep level, and she is not afraid to show it.
Just because she doesn't like "creepy" people like Hannity doesn't mean they disagree on everything. Hannity is a big fan of President Trump. Schlussel is, too, and don't you forget it.
Sean Hannity speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at National Harbor, Maryland, February 22. Mike Theiler/Reuters. A conservative commentator who sparked a firestorm after detailing what she said were uncomfortable meetings with Sean Hannity said she was not sexually harassed by the Fox News host.
Schlussel previously said Hannity's involvement with the Freedom Alliance, a charity that raises college tuition funds for the children of dead soldiers, is a " scam " and that he personally benefited from it.
Sean Hannity is the latest Fox News anchor to be at the receiving end of sexual harassment claims. The accuser, Debbie Schlussel, makes regular appearances on the network. If you’re curious to know about her, you’ve come to the right place.
After Bill O’Reilly’s ouster, Sean Hannity is the next Fox bigwig who has been accused of sexual harassment. The complainant is Debbie Schlussel. Some of you might recognize her as she has been a guest on the network several times, ...
And just when you thought this was going the O’Reilly way, Schlussel suddenly backtracked on her allegations. While she stands by her description of the incidents, she doesn’t think what happened between them can be legally defined as sexual harassment. “I would never accuse him of that,” she says calling what he did “creepy”. Adding more context to what she said earlier, “He tried to get me to go back to the hotel after the show after he and his executive producer Bill Shine treated me horribly,” she clarified he meant the hotel and not his hotel room.
Sure enough, Debbie Schlussel told radio host Pat Campbell that another Fox bigwig made advances towards her. Advertisement. She said in the interview that he repeatedly invited her back to his hotel room during an event in Detroit. “He had some event at a bookstore where he signed his book for people standing in line.
We know Sean Hannity for his radio show, his Fox show, and as a supporter of President Donald Trump. Now he’ll be known as the next Fox anchor to be accused of sexual harassment. After Bill O’Reilly’s scandal, FNC staffers were worried the sexual harassment claims against O’Reilly were only the beginning. Sure enough, Debbie Schlussel told radio host Pat Campbell that another Fox bigwig made advances towards her.
In a 2010 letter obtained by The Times, the Freedom Alliance defended Hannity to its supporters, saying the allegations were false.
Samantha Masunaga is a business reporter for the Los Angeles Times. She’s worked at the paper since 2014.