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Agence France-Presse

A host on US cable network Fox News has been suspended during an investigation into allegations that he texted unsolicited lewd images to women co-workers.
It was the latest sexual harassment case to rock Fox News, America’s most watched cable news channel and a favourite among US conservatives.
“Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently under way,” a Fox News spokesperson said in a statement.
The suspension followed a HuffPost report Friday that Bolling sent an image of male genitalia to two colleagues at Fox Business and one at Fox News.
The report, citing multiple anonymous sources in and outside of Fox News and Fox Business, said the messages were sent several years ago, on separate occasions.
Bolling has worked at the network for seven years.
His lawyer Michael Bowe said in a statement to HuffPost: “Mr Bolling recalls no such inappropriate communications, does not believe he sent any such communications, and will vigorously pursue his legal remedies for any false and defamatory accusations that are made.”
Last year, Fox News’s powerful chairman Roger Ailes left the company following multiple allegations of sexual misconduct.
And in April, the network parted ways with its star anchor Bill O’Reilly following a flood of sexual harassment accusations that triggered a crash in advertising sales.
Last month, Jamie Horowitz, who oversaw programming for Fox Sports, was abruptly fired in Los Angeles over allegations of misconduct.


Fox suspends TV host Eric Bolling in probe of lewd text messages

Fox host Eric Bolling. File photo: AP

Star conservative TV host Bill O’Reilly out at Fox after fallout from sexual harassment charges

Bill O'Reilly of "The O'Reilly Factor" on the Fox News Channel, poses for photos in the set in New York. O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel following reports that five women had been paid millions of dollars to keep quiet about harassment allegations. Photo: AP

Posters featuring Bill O'Reilly are displayed at the News Corp. headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, Wednesday, April 19, 2017. O'Reilly has lost his job at Fox News Channel after allegations that he sexually harassed women. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 18: Demonstrators rally against Fox News television personality Bill O'Reilly outside of the News Corp. and Fox News headquarters in Midtown Manhattan, April 18, 2017 in New York City. The protest against O'Reilly, who has been the subject of numerous sexual harassment allegations and legal settlements, was organized by the women's group UltraViolet and the New York chapter of National Organization for Women. Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY ==

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Suspension followed report that host Eric Bolling sent an image of male genitalia to two colleagues at Fox Business and one at Fox News
