Fox Business Network Suspends Charles Payne Amid Misconduct Inquiry<br />By EMILY STEELJULY 6, 2017<br />Issues related to sexual harassment continued to plague 21st Century Fox as its Fox Business Network subsidiary confirmed on Thursday<br />that it had suspended a longtime anchor, Charles Payne, pending an investigation into his conduct.<br />The suspension of Mr. Payne came after The National Enquirer published an article on Wednesday in which he acknowledged<br />and apologized for an extramarital affair with a former CNN and Fox News contributor.<br />As claims of widespread harassment continued to surface, 21st Century Fox has tried to clean<br />house, ousting Mr. Ailes, the former star Bill O’Reilly and several other employees.<br />The Los Angeles Times first reported that Mr. Payne had been suspended after the claims of misconduct were made.
