ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua(NEW YORK) — Charles Randolph, who won an Oscar for the screenplay for the financial meltdown drama The Big Short is taking on the sexual misconduct flap between former Fox News chairman Roger Ailes and one of his former star personalities: Megyn Kelly.
The Hollywood Reporter notes that Megan Ellison’s Annapurna Pictures grabbed the rights to Randolph’s pitch, which will detail the Kelly File host’s allegations that one of the most powerful men in media made repeated unwanted sexual advances towards her.
The allegations against Ailes became headline-grabbing news even before Kelly’s new memoir, Settle for More, was released. Another Fox News personality, Gretchen Carlson, sued Ailes and Fox News for sexual harassment — and eventually settled for $20 million.
Ailes stepped down from his post in July. He was also named in a $50 million sexual harassment suit from another former Fox News personality, Andrea Tantaros.
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