Network big ‘sadism’ hit in race suit

FOX NEWS ignored years of racist and “sadistic” remarks from a former employee because she “knew too much” about wrongdoing by ex-chairman Roger Ailes, an amended lawsuit says.

Those allegations emerged Tuesday when a third black Fox News employee joined a racial discrimination lawsuit against the network — adding to the avalanche of scandals the station now faces.

Monica Douglas, Fox News’ manager for credit collectors, alleges that former controller Judy Slater subjected her to racism and cruelty on the job, and pressured her not to report it.

According to the amended court filing, Slater expressed “an unwillingness to even be near black people.” She complained about Douglas having “black eyes” and not resembling the “Aryan race,” and called Douglas’ neighborhood in Brooklyn “the murder capital of the world.”

The suit says Slater also constantly mocked Douglas for being a breast cancer survivor, calling her “cancer girl,” “boob girl” and “the one-boobed girl.”

She allegedly once told Douglas, “Your boobs look like they are different sizes — oh, that’s right, you only have one boob.” She also allegedly complained that Douglas was “high maintenance” and “increasing everyone’s health care premiums” with her cancer treatment.

Court papers say Slater warned Douglas to not even try reporting her, saying, “Don’t bother going to HR . . . I am HR.”

Douglas went to Fox’s general counsel Dianne Brandi about Slater, starting in 2014, but “nothing was done,” the filing says.

Instead, Brandi said she believed Slater was not racist, and that Slater “knew too much to be fired,” apparently referring to her knowledge of the scandals tied to Ailes.

Slater remained at Fox until she was fired last month, with the station saying in a statement it takes such complaints “very seriously.” Fox claimed, contrary to court papers, that it fired Slater “within two weeks” of learning about her behavior.

Slater delcined comment.