Lawyers for ex-Fox News chairman and CEO Roger Ailes have agreed to keep Gretchen Carlson’sย sexual harassment lawsuit in New Jersey, according to The New York Times.
Attorneys for Ailes were hoping to move Carlson’s suit from New Jersey (where it was filed) to arbitration in the Southern District Court in New York. Lawyers for Carlson accused Ailes’ team of “judge shopping,” according to the Times.
Last month, Ailesย lawyers argued that the case should be handled in arbitration rather than in court, and that New York City was the right venue for the case. The legal team believed ifย the lawsuit remained in the Garden State, the details of the case would be public, which would give her the advantage of dragging Alies’ reputation through a public forum.