Noushin Faraji, who filed the lawsuit in the Superior Court of California in Los Angeles County, also accused FS1 executive vice president of content Charlie Dixon of groping her and accused Fox host Joy Taylor of creating a hostile work environment through discrimination on the basis of race/national origin and disability.

Faraji worked as a hairstylist at Fox part time from 2012 to 2016 and full time from 2016 to 2024. In the 42-page suit, she alleged that Bayless propositioned her for sex multiple times, including offering her $1.5 million to do so after she shared a cancer scare she experienced with him in hopes, she said, he would stop the inappropriate behavior out of pity. She also accused him of verbal harassment and inappropriate physical contact during haircuts. This is an evolving story.

Upon the cancellation of “Undisputed” on Aug. 2, 2024, Faraji was removed from Fox’s hairstylist schedule. While she said she had worked on “The Herd with Colin Cowherd” for five years and “Speak” for one, she said Fox told her the company only had the budget to employ one hairdresser across all three shows on which she worked. “Fox systematically reduced her work schedule and ultimately terminated her employment by removing her from the schedule entirely, using fabricated business necessities as a pretext,” the lawsuit says.