Skip Bayless Accused of Offering $1.5 Million for Sex in Workplace Misconduct Lawsuit Filed by Former Fox Sports Hairstylist

Mar. 15, 2025

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A former Fox Sports hairstylist has accused multiple people at the broadcasting company including Skip Bayless of sexual misconduct, among other allegations in the workplace, it’s been reported.

The 42-page long complaint also stated that Bayless — who worked at Fox on his showSkip and Shannon: Undisputedfrom 2016 to August 2024 — “grabbed” Faraji’s hands and “began kissing them” before allegedly offering the amount for sex, around the same time as she learned she might have cancer in July 2021.

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The complaint stated that Bayless had previously requested that Faraji give him a haircut once a week.

It claims, “Initially, during the haircuts, Mr. Bayless would discuss his life, his work at Fox, and other innocuous matters. However, soon after the weekly haircuts started, Mr. Bayless began finding excuses to touch Ms. Faraji.”

It added, “In approximately summer 2017, while Ms. Faraji was giving Mr. Bayless a haircut, he told her that she was ‘voluptuous.’ As English is her second language and she was not familiar with the word, Ms. Faraji asked what that meant. Mr. Bayless seemed amused and told her to ‘figure it out,’ " per the documents.

The complaint claimed, “Ms. Faraji later asked a coworker what the word meant and was mortified. Mr. Bayless then started being more aggressive and direct in his advances. Ms. Faraji continuously declined, stating that she did not date at work as she is a single mom and needed her job.”

Per the documents, as of April 2022, Faraji claimed she received texts from Bayless saying he didn’t need his hair or makeup done after she refused to have sex with him. He also reportedly accused Faraji of having sex with his formerUndisputedco-host Shannon Sharpe, per the suit.

Along with Bayless, Fox, Fox Sports, Fox Sports 1 and 2, Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon and Fox Sports 1 host Joy Taylor are also listed as defendants in the suit.

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The complaint stated, “As Ms. Faraji was standing near the bar, facing the crowd, Mr. Dixon approached her. He asked the bartender for a drink and then placed his arm on Ms. Faraji’s lower back. He asked how she was doing, if she was having fun and if she wanted a tequila shot.”

The complaint also stated that an anonymous female talent member had told Faraji that Dixon said that she “would need to have sex with him if she wanted to renew her contract,” which she refused.

In the complaint, the plaintiff — who was said to have taken her complaints to Human Resources many times — claimed she was also targeted because of her ethnicity on multiple occasions during her years at Fox.

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Faraji, who stopped working at Fox afterUndisputed’s cancellation in August 2024, is also suing the company for failure to pay minimum wages, failure to pay overtime wages, unfair unlawful or fraudulent business practices and more under the class action complaint. Her individual complaint includes suing for sexual battery, working in a hostile environment, failure to prevent harassment and wrongful termination, among other allegations.

source: people.com