FOX News Sex Scandal: Charles Payne Faces Shocking New Charges

FOX News star Charles Payne was exposed by The National ENQUIRER in a sordid sex scandal — and now the bombshell report has led to shocking new lawsuits involving FOX stars

In a bombshell exclusive, The ENQUIRER revealed on July 7 that Fox Business Network anchor Charles Payne two-timed his wife for years with former CNN contributor Scottie Neil Hughes!

And on July 3, Fox Sports National Networks president Jamie Horowitz was abruptly — albeit quietly, while most observers were on holiday — fired from the company after an internal investigation into accusations of sexual harassment. His lawyers are vehemently contesting the claims.

Payne, host of the FOX Business Network’s “Making Money” show, apologized for the affair after reporters exposed his X-rated antics. “I am ashamed," he told The ENQUIRER. "To my friends and others that look up to me, I hope you can forgive me.”

According to a source with knowledge of the affair, Payne’s three-year affair involved some 200 trysts conducted over four states. Graphic emails allegedly from Hughes to Payne uncovered by The ENQUIRER raise questions of which party was the aggressor in the affair.

In email correspondence published by RadarOnline, Payne forwarded images of a Hughes lookalike in a bikini with a racially-insensitive Confederate flag pattern, writing: "I have no problem with this." Hughes replied within minutes: “That’s funny, because I do…For numerous reasons.”

Although FOX's history with sex scandals extends back more than a decade, that current run of salacious revelations began with former anchor Gretchen Carlson suit against FOX News founder Roger Ailes. That sexual harassment suit was settled out of court — but prompted a flurry of new allegations against Ailes that led to his disgraced resignation in July 2016. He died on May 18, 2017, at age 77.

Next on the hot seat was Bill O’Reilly. “The O’Reilly Factor” host, 67, was ousted from the network in April after it was revealed FOX had paid nearly $13 million to women who had accused him of sexual harassment over the years.

And earlier this year, FOX’s parent company, 21st Century Fox, reportedly reached a $2.5 million settlement with former FOX News contributor Tamara Holder, who says she was sexually assaulted by Francisco Cortes, the vice president of FOX News Latino. He, too, was later fired from the network.