Former Fox News Producer Suing Network Says ‘You Know, They Destroy People’

Former Fox News producer Abby Grossberg accuses her former network of pressuring her to provide misleading information in connection with Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox. “They destroy people,” Grossberg tells NBC’s Cynthia McFadden in an interview to air Thursday on NBC Nightly News. “I realized that the answers that they wanted me to say were putting me in a very vulnerable position to be the company scapegoat.”

Asked by McFadden about public criticism Grossberg received for saying in a deposition that it wasn’t her responsibility to fact check what went on the air at Fox, Grossberg said she “felt awful,” but “I made the decision to keep my job so that I can keep paying my bills. It seemed like the safer decision for me at the time.”

Fox News fired Grossberg last week, after she filed a lawsuit against the company accusing Fox of harassment and discrimination. She also said Fox lawyers “coerced, intimidated, and misinformed” her as they coached her for a deposition in Dominion’s defamation lawsuit.

In a statement, Fox News Media said “the assertion that Ms. Grossberg was coached or intimidated into being dishonest during her Dominion deposition is patently false. We will continue to vigorously defend Fox against her unmeritorious legal claims, which are riddled with false allegations against the network and our employees.”

As for its decision to fire Grossberg, Fox News said in a statement that “like most organizations, Fox News Media’s attorneys engage in privileged communications with our employees as necessary to provide legal advice. Our attorneys advised Ms. Grossberg that, while she was free to file whatever legal claims she wished, she was in possession of our privileged information and was not authorized to disclose it publicly. We were clear that if she violated our instructions, Fox would take appropriate action including termination. Ms. Grossberg ignored these communications and chose to file her complaint without taking any steps to protect those portions containing Fox’s privileged information.”

The NBC interview was previewed Thursday morning on Today and will air this evening on NBC Nightly News.