Tucker Carlson accuses Fox News of fraud and breaking contract.

Attorney Accuses Fox News of Fraud and Contract Breach

In a letter to top officials at Fox News, attorney Bryan Freedman accused the network of fraud and contract breach. The letter, addressed to Viet Dinh and Irena Briganti, was sent before Tucker Carlson announced on Twitter that he was bringing a new version of his show to the platform.

Non-Compete Provision No Longer Valid

The letter sets Carlson up to argue that the non-compete provision in his contract is no longer valid, which would allow him to start the show or start a new media company. The letter alleges that “Rupert Murdoch himself” broke promises to Carlson “intentionally and with reckless disregard for the truth.”

Private Communications Leaked

The letter accuses Fox News of breaking an agreement with Carlson to not leak his private communications to the media and to not use his private messages to “to take any adverse employment action against him.” Some of Carlson’s private messages played a large role in the decision the Fox executives made to take Carlson off the air.

Promises Broken

The letter also alleges that Fox News broke promises about how it would settle with Dominion Voting Systems as it related to Carlson. Fox News said that it was “categorically false” that Carlson was fired because of the $787.5 million settlement. An attorney for Dominion told Axios that “Dominion did not insist on them firing Tucker Carlson as part of the settlement.”

PR Head Interfered with Carlson’s Future Business Prospects

The letter alleges that Briganti, Fox’s PR head, attempted to “undermine, embarrass, and interfere” with Carlson’s future business prospects, which Carlson’s team would constitute as another breach of his employment contract. The letter said they intend to “subpoena Ms. Briganti’s cell phone records and related documents.”

It remains to be seen how this legal battle will play out, but one thing is for sure: Carlson is not backing down. As he said in his Twitter video, “Free speech is the main right that you have. Without it, you have no others.”