A lawsuit filed yesterday by Fox News producer Abby Grossberg has thrown a wrench into its defense against a defamation lawsuit by Dominion Voting Systems.
The
New York Times is reporting Grossberg alleges that she was coached by Fox News attorneys to give misleading testimony under oath in order to shift blame away from the network for airing multiple false claims about Dominion.
Per the Grossman lawsuit:
"Fox News Attorneys acted as agents and at the behest of Fox News to misleadingly coach, manipulate, and coerce Ms. Grossberg to deliver shaded and/or incomplete answers during her sworn deposition testimony, which answers were clearly to her reputational detriment but greatly benefitted Fox News."
Grossberg's lawsuit claims Fox News tried to make Grossberg and Maria Bartiromo the scapegoats for the network’s coverage of Dominion Voting Systems. In the weeks after the 2020 presidential election, Fox News hosts and guests - including Bartiromo and Carlson - made dubious or outright false claims that the company had helped rig the contest against then-POTUS Donald Trump.
This lawsuit completely upends Fox News' defense for the upcoming Dominion lawsuit.
