NEW YORK (AP) — Sean Hannity says accusations of sexual harassment from a former Fox News guest are “100% false and a complete fabrication.”
Debbie Schlussel tells Tulsa, Oklahoma, radio station KFAQ that Hannity repeatedly asked her to come to his hotel with him during a book signing event and a broadcast of his show in Detroit. She says Hannity called her after the show and yelled at her. She says “it was made clear to me that I didn’t go back to his hotel with him.”
Hannity responded to the New York Daily News in a statement . He says Schlussel has been lying about him for over a decade “in an effort to slander, smear and besmirch” his reputation.
Schlussel didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment on Hannity’s statement.
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This story has been corrected to show that Schlussel was a guest on Fox News Channel, not a contributor.
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Schlussel is a bottom feeding anti Muslim extremist. No one deserves to be harassed by Sean Hannity, but it is hard to work up sympathy for someone whose career is spreading hate.
Schlussel is pretty deranged, so while I’m not defending Hannity necessarily, she’s not exactly someone I’d be confident in placing before a jury. This has the smell of a publicity stunt.