Variety.com LOS ANGELES -- Gretchen Carlson, a longtime presence on Fox News Channel, said Tuesday she had filed a lawsuit alleging the top executive at the network, Roger Ailes, made sexual advances on her and ended her career at the 21st Century Fox-owned outlet after she rebuffed him.
A Fox News Channel spokesperson could not be reached for immediate comment.
Carlson confirmed via Twitter that she is no longer with the network, which she joined in June of 2005.
Carlson, an Anoka, Minn., native, was crowned Miss America in 1989.
