She also alleged her appearances on Fox 'dramatically decreased,' after Payne's wife demanded that Fox prevent her from doing any future appearances. The two continued their sexual relationship for about two years, until at least June 2015.īut Hughes then claimed that after she ended the affair she stopped appearing on Payne's Making Money. He was suspended and reinstated after 'evidence showed that he and Hughes had a consensual affair.' Payne admitted to the affair last summer, but he referred to the claims of harassment as 'an ugly lie I vehemently deny to my core,' on Twitter. Hughes blasted Silicon Valley investment partner Ellen Pao (pictured) during a 2015 on-air panel discussion on Pao's sexual discrimination suit against a capital firm 'In light of her allegations in this case, it is also remarkable that in that same book, she thanked Payne for his 'kindness' as one of her many 'mentors' in the 'broadcast business,' the lawsuit read. She also claimed she was raised to 'avoid situations' that could lead to sexual assault and explained how women could avoid 'nonconsensual sexual relations' a year after she says she was raped in her hotel room. In her 2014 book, Roar: The New Conservative Woman Speaks Out, Hughes also admitted she was attracted to 'men who hold power' and said men are 'pretty easy to persuade if you're wickedly smart and not afraid to actually be a woman.'

She added: 'If she really has these great qualifications and felt so pressured to have an affair and go to that extent: go get another job there's other opportunities. You make your bed, you have to lie on it, and it's not a $60 million bed. Hughes went on the air to say: 'So, if she's having the affair with him, of course they're going to talk about sex of course they might talk about pornography of course they might go other places. She was having the affair. Pao was also having an affair with a colleague before she was fired. Hughes blasted Silicon Valley investment partner Ellen Pao during a 2015 on-air panel discussion on Pao's sexual discrimination suit against a capital firm. 'Sitting in a television studio alongside Defendant Charles Payne-the man she accuses of raping her and coercing her into a two-year sexual relationship-she excoriated a gender discrimination plaintiff for purportedly succumbing to pressure to engage in a workplace affair,' court documents read. In the motion to dismiss the complaint, Payne and Fox have slammed Hughes as 'an unlikely champion for victims of sexual harassment and assaults,' and argued that she did not report any misconduct until four years after the alleged rape.

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Payne and Fox demand the suit be tossed and argue Hughes has no basis to claim discrimination or retaliation because she was not a paid Fox employee.She admitted she was attracted to 'men who hold power' and said men are 'easy to persuade if you're wickedly smart and not afraid to actually be a woman'.The pair, who are both married, admitted to having an affair.

Hughes also thanked Payne, 57, for his 'kindness' as one of her many 'mentors' in a book she published one year after she says he sexually assaulted her.

Court documents obtained by claim Hughes 'excoriated' a gender discrimination plaintiff on air two years after Payne allegedly raped her.

Hughes, 37, sued the host for gender-motivated violence, gender discrimination, and retaliation, in September after claiming he raped her in a hotel room in 2013.

Fox Business host Charles Payne slammed former panelist Scottie Nell Hughes as an 'unlikely champion for victims of sexual harassment and assaults' in court papers.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Business host Charles Payne claims former panelist Scottie Nell Hughes 'railed against' victims of sexual assault and admitted she was attracted to 'men in power' AFTER she accused him of rape

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