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Diana Falzone | |
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 Falzone in 2008 | |
| Born | West Milford,New Jersey, U.S. |
| Alma mater | New School (2005) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Children | 1 |
Diana Falzone is an American journalist. Falzone is a contributing reporter forThe Daily Beast.[1] and her work has also been seen in Vanity Fair, Vice News and Buzzfeed. She is a former reporter forFoxNews.com and the former host of Fox411.[2][3] She is a former host ofMaxim magazine andSirius XM Indie.[4]
Falzone grew up in the New Jersey township of West Milford, and graduated fromThe New School in 2005 with a bachelor's degree inpsychology.[non-primary source needed]
In January 2017, Falzone wrote an article published on the Fox News website revealing that she suffered fromendometriosis, a condition that rendered her infertile: "It was just days after my 33rd birthday when my doctor delivered the worst news of my life: I will likely never have a child and fulfill my greatest wish of being a mother.... When hit with the news that I am infertile, I could not stop crying. And not only was it very unlikely I'd ever conceive, my health was in jeopardy."[5] Falzone alleges that she sought Fox News' approval to publish an article before publication.[5]
In May 2017, Falzone filed a lawsuit against Fox News inNew York State Supreme Court alleging gender and disability discrimination, and alleging that she had been banned from taking part in on-air activities at Fox News three days after the article was published.[6] Falzone further alleged that after the article ran, a supervisor informed her that senior network executivesBill Shine and Jack Abernethy had banned her from ever appearing on FoxNews.com, and that she was not permitted to host her own shows, conduct her own interviews, appear on Fox TV, or do voiceovers, and that she should look for another job.[6][5] Falzone alleges that she filed a formal complaint of discrimination through the 21st Century Fox hotline, but Fox declined to put her back on the air or otherwise redress her complaint.[6] Her attorneys argue in the complaint that the revelation regarding Falzone's infertility, "detracted from her sex appeal and made her less desirable" in the eyes of the "male-dominated senior management of Fox News."[5][7]
Fox News Co-PresidentBill Shine, who was named in Falzone's complaint, resigned from his position at Fox News in May 2017.[7]
On March 8, 2018, it was made public that Falzone's case against Fox News had been settled and she had left their employment.[8]
Falzone gave birth to a baby boy on 5 August 2018.[9]
In the March 11, 2019 issue ofThe New Yorker,Jane Mayer reported Falzone had obtained proof that Trump had engaged in a sexual relationshipin 2006 with Stephanie Clifford ("Stormy Daniels"), butKen LaCorte told her the story was killed because "Rupert wantsDonald Trump to win. So just let it go."[10] Falzone later discovered that theNational Enquirer had made a "catch and kill" deal regarding Daniels for Trump, and Fox did not run that either. The story remained unknown to the public until a year afterTrump became President, whenThe Wall Street Journal news broke of Trump's allegedpayoffs as compensation to Daniels for her agreement to a non disclosure agreement, and then-Trump attorneyMichael Cohen's criminal attempts to conceal them as legal fees.[10]
On March 14, 2019, NBC News reported that Falzone "plans to tellCongress about allegations that the outlet [Fox News] tried to stop her from reporting on the Stormy Daniels controversy during the 2016 election, citing an exception to anondisclosure agreement she signed", in response to a request fromHouse Oversight Committee ChairElijah Cummings that she talk to committee investigators and provide documents.[11] Falzone's lawyer stated that her client would comply with the committee request, noting that a government inquiry "trumps anNDA.... No NDA can prevent anybody from participating in a government investigation".[12]