On Sunday, news broke that Fox Sports, several prominent on-air personalities, and an executive had been named defendants in a wide-ranging workplace misconduct lawsuit filed in California.

The suit, brought by a former Fox Sports hairstylist, Noushin Faraji, who worked at the company for over a decade, details allegations of s3xual harassment from former FS1 host Skip Bayless and Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon, along with racially insensitive comments by current FS1 host Joy Taylor. Front Office Sports first reported Faraji’s lawsuit.

Fox issued the following statement to Front Office Sports: “We take these allegations seriously and have no further comment at this time given this pending litigation.”

The allegations span several years and implicate numerous Fox Sports employees and on-air talents. Below are the most stunning accusations present in the lawsuit.

Skip Bayless offers Faraji $1.5 million for s3x

According to Faraji’s allegations, Bayless spent years making s3xual advancements towards her. This included “lingering hugs and kisses on the cheek while putting his body against hers and pressing against her breasts” during the normal course of Bayless’ hairstyling.

At one point during a haircut, Bayless referred to Faraji as “voluptuous.” With English being her second language, Faraji was not familiar with the term. Per the filing, “Mr. Bayless seemed amused and told her to ‘figure it out.’ Ms. Faraji later asked a coworker what the word meant and was mortified. Mr. Bayless then started being more aggressive and direct in his advances. Ms. Faraji continuously declined, stating that she did not date at work as she is a single mom and needed her job.”

Then, several years after Bayless’ initial advances, Faraji confronted the Undisputed host about health issues she had developed in an effort to cease any further harassment.

“In July 2021, Ms. Faraji developed issues with her left ovary and was advised it could be cancer. With a fourth biopsy scheduled, she explained her situation to Mr. Bayless, hoping that he would take pity on her and cease his advances. Instead, Mr. Bayless told her that he wanted to be with her. Ms. Faraji panicked and began rambling that there were cameras everywhere, that she has a child, and that she does not want him. Mr. Bayless then grabbed her hands, began kissing them, and offered her $1.5 million to have s3x. Ms. Faraji made an excuse to leave.

“Mr. Bayless then told Ms. Faraji that he fantasizes about having s3x with her and asked how much money it would take for her to have s3x with him. Ms. Faraji stated that she already refused $1.5 million and that her answer wasn’t going to change. Mr. Bayless replied, ‘The more you say no the more I want you.’”

Bayless makes racist remark towards Faraji, accuses her of having s3x with Shannon Sharpe

“Approximately one week later, Mr. Bayless made another advance at Ms. Faraji. Ms. Faraji responded: ‘Skip, stop, you have a wife.’ Mr. Bayless responded: ‘Aren’t you Muslim? Doesn’t your dad have three to four wives?’ Ms. Faraji responded that her father was dead, and when Mr. Bayless looked taken aback, she made an excuse to leave.”

After Faraji had repeatedly shut off Bayless’ advances, the FS1 host accuses her of having s3x with his Undisputed co-host and professional rival Shannon Sharpe.

“Ms. Faraji’s job is threatened because she does not sleep with Mr. Bayless. Mr. Bayless answered the door, and before Ms. Faraji could speak, he began to angrily accuse Ms. Faraji of ‘f***ing’ Mr. Sharpe. Ms. Faraji tried to explain that she did not have any feelings towards Mr. Sharpe and had never slept with him or any other talent member or employee at Fox…Mr. Bayless then angrily stated that he heard her talk to Mr. Sharpe about her ‘vagina.’”

Fox executive Charlie Dixon ‘gives [Joy] Taylor ‘Undisputed’ as a reward for having s3x with him’

Before landing her major role as the host and moderator of Undisputed, Faraji alleges that Joy Taylor engaged in a s3xual relationship with Charlie Dixon, the Fox executive responsible for content decisions, to secure the position. According to the lawsuit, this alleged arrangement helped Taylor secure the job but ultimately contributed to the breakdown of her marriage shortly after tying the knot.

“In approximately May 2016, Ms. Taylor asked Ms. Faraji to meet for a drink in Santa Monica. When Ms. Faraji arrived, she found Ms. Taylor with an older man, Fox Sport’s Executive Vice President of Content, Mr. Dixon. As Executive Vice President, Mr. Dixon is responsible for overseeing all content and production on FS1. Ms. Faraji, however, did not know Mr. Dixon.

“From their body language, Ms. Faraji suspected that the pair were sleeping with each other, and although this concerned Ms. Faraji as she knew Ms. Taylor was recently married, Ms. Faraji kept her opinions to herself.

“Mr. Bayless later disclosed to Ms. Faraji that he did not want Ms. Taylor on the show, but Mr. Dixon was adamant that Ms. Taylor should star. At first, Mr. Dixon arranged a dinner between Mr. Bayless and Ms. Taylor where she arrived in provocative clothing and acted in a provocative manner. When that did not change Mr. Bayless’s opinion of Ms. Taylor, Mr. Dixon asked him to approve of her as a favor to him. Reluctantly, Mr. Bayless agreed to do so as a favor to his friend.

“Around August 2016, Ms. Faraji attended a dinner with Ms. Taylor and her husband and Mr. Dixon and his wife. During the dinner, Ms. Taylor’s husband became suspicious that Ms. Taylor and Mr. Dixon were having a s3xual relationship. Soon after the dinner, Ms. Taylor’s husband found evidence of the inappropriate relationship and divorced Ms. Taylor.”

Dixon gropes Faraji at a party; Taylor tells her to ‘get over it’

Faraji, while attending Joy Taylor’s birthday party in 2017, was subject to an alleged groping by Charlie Dixon after the hairstylist had been awarded a position working on Undisputed.

“As Ms. Faraji was standing near the bar, facing the crowd, Mr. Dixon approached her. He asked the bartender for a drink and then placed his arm on Ms. Faraji’s lower back. He asked how she was doing, if she was having fun, and if she wanted a tequila shot. Ms. Faraji felt very uncomfortable by his unsolicited touching and responded: ‘No, thank you.’ Mr. Dixon then moved his hand lower and started rubbing her body and grabbing her buttocks. Ms. Faraji was mortified but quickly thought to fake an incoming call to escape from the situation.

“Ms. Faraji did not know who to turn to, but as she knew Ms. Taylor was sleeping with Mr. Dixon, she turned to her. Surprisingly, Ms. Taylor responded to ‘get over it’ and explained that she herself only had her job because of Mr. Dixon and that Ms. Faraji only had her job because Ms. Taylor requested her. She warned that Mr. Dixon could take both away.”

Dixon fires female talent member for refusing to have s3x with him

Later in Faraji’s tenure at Fox, a female talent member (who remains anonymous in the lawsuit) was allegedly fired for refusing to have s3x with Dixon.

“Anonymous told Ms. Faraji that she would no longer be with Fox as Mr. Dixon told her that she would need to have s3x with him if she wanted to renew her contract, but she had refused. Anonymous further conveyed that: (i) Mr. Dixon was doing this to other women talent; (ii) she should warn Ms. Taylor to be careful; and (iii) a talk show host had recently reported Mr. Dixon.

“Ms. Faraji called Ms. Taylor to convey what Anonymous had stated. Ms. Taylor responded that “no one gives a f***” about Anonymous or the talk show host who had reported Mr. Dixon. Ms. Faraji later observed that Ms. Taylor’s remark appeared accurate, as no actions were taken to address the concerns raised. If it was not already apparent, it became even more clear that Fox enabled high-ranking individuals to abuse their authority, exerting undue control over female talent and employees.”

Dixon pays off Taylor’s then-fiancé in exchange for silence about relationship

Joy Taylor, now newly engaged to former NBA guard Earl Watson following divorce from her first husband, has her engagement broken off after Watson learns of her infidelity. Subsequently, Dixon allegedly pays for the couple’s wedding deposits in exchange for Watson’s silence.

“…after learning of Ms. Taylor and Mr. Dixon’s s3xual relationship, Ms. Taylor’s then-fiancé broke off the engagement and threatened to go public with all that he knew. On information and belief, Mr. Dixon paid for the wedding deposits in an informal exchange for her fiancé’s silence.”

Joy Taylor ‘again uses her s3xuality to get on a show’

Faraji alleges that Joy Taylor used her s3xuality to secure a spot on another show. This time, with former NFL player and current FS1 analyst Emmanuel Acho, who at the time was a member of Speak for Yourself.

“In approximately February 2020, Ms. Taylor asked Ms. Faraji to meet her for lunch in Beverly Hills. When Ms. Faraji arrived, she found Ms. Taylor with a man, Emmanuel Acho. Ms. Faraji did not know Mr. Acho but could tell that the two were romantically involved.

“A few months after meeting Mr. Acho at the lunch, Ms. Faraji noticed him in the hallway while at work. Ms. Faraji later asked Ms. Taylor if Mr. Acho also worked at Fox. Ms. Taylor confirmed and explained that she wanted Mr. Acho to eventually recommend her on the show Speak for Yourself. Ms. Faraji became alarmed and warned Ms. Taylor that she should probably not sleep with Mr. Dixon and Mr. Acho at the same time, as Mr. Dixon is a very powerful man that may become very angry. Ms. Taylor told her not to worry about it. She explained that she was also now powerful, and once Mr. Dixon was no longer useful to her, she would follow through on her plan to tell the company that he forced himself on her. She would not allow herself to be forced out by Mr. Dixon like other women talent.”

Fox employee harasses Faraji but isn’t fired because of ‘his role in supplying cocaine to numerous Fox employees and talent’

A behind-the-scenes employee at Fox Sports, Bobby Diaz, both racially and s3xually harasses Faraji but is not held accountable because he supplies cocaine to employees and talent.

“Bobby Diaz…mocked Ms. Faraji for her pronunciation of English words and s3xualized the way she was eating fruit. Ms. Faraji did not respond. She just kept her eyes glued on the monitor playing Undisputed.

“On information and belief, Mr. Diaz openly gropes, harasses, and is inappropriate with women at Fox.

“On information and belief, Mr. Diaz has not been fired, reportedly due to his role in supplying cocaine to numerous Fox employees and talent, even after an incident where he removed his pants on live camera.”

Faraji targeted due to her ethnicity

A Fox employee, referred to as “Ms. M” in the lawsuit, begins targetting Faraji due to her Persian ancestry.

“One night, at an informal dinner at Mastro’s Steakhouse, she grew irrationally enraged with Ms. Faraji and screamed: “F*** you! You Persian b****!” The dinner ended after Ms. M broke a glass and threatened to harm herself.

“Ms. Faraji’s coworker (“Anonymous”), who is black, reported the incident to Human Resources, explaining that she would not be okay with someone calling her a ‘black b****.’

“Despite these reports supposedly being anonymous, Ms. M learned of the reports and became increasingly unstable towards Ms. Faraji. Every single morning, Ms. M would scream and throw things at Ms. Faraji.

“Approximately six months later, Ms. Faraji told Human Resources that she believed her life was in danger. Human Resources responded that Ms. Faraji should just leave the workplace when Ms. M was having an episode. After approximately a year and a half, Ms. M was fired. Ms. M’s ex-boyfriend, a producer at Fox, shared that Human Resources gave Ms. M a large amount of money in severance. Ms. Faraji wondered why Fox rewarded her bully with money.”

Dixon’s wife kept on Fox payroll to keep her silent about husband’s infidelity

After Bayless offered Faraji an apology for accusing her of having s3x with his co-host Shannon Sharpe, he allegedly told Faraji that Dixon, the Fox executive, has kept his wife on the company’s payroll to keep her silent about his affairs with Joy Taylor and other Fox employees.

“Mr. Bayless also disclosed that he believed Mr. Dixon kept his wife on Fox’s payroll to keep her silent about his affairs with Fox’s employees. Mr. Bayless asked Ms. Faraji out to dinner to continue the conversation, but Ms. Faraji declined, stating that she cannot do anything that even gives an inference of a non-work relationship because she wants to keep her job.”

Bayless again tries to coerce Faraji into s3x, tells her he loves her

“On December 21, 2023, Mr. Bayless told Ms. Faraji that he still loved her and confided that Mr. Dixon was the one who had told him that Ms. Faraji was sleeping with Mr. Sharpe. Mr. Bayless then again tried to have s3x with Ms. Faraji. Ms. Faraji’s diary entry for that day states: ‘I said Skip I’m only interested in working with you and having friendship relationship with you and nothing else, he said you have no idea you are losing everything, I don’t know what he means by that and I hope he doesn’t take me off the show, it makes me sick to my stomach, and it’s really hard for me to work like this, I hope god help[s] me because Fox is supporting people like Charlie and Skip.’”