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Fox News on Saturday suspended Eric Bolling, one of the network's hosts, as it investigates a report that he sent female colleagues unsolicited photos of male genitalia, BuzzFeed News has learned.
Journalist Yashar Ali first reported the news of both the suspension and the text messages for HuffPost.
Citing a dozen sources, HuffPost reported Bolling sent the pictures to at least two colleagues at Fox Business and one colleague at Fox News several years ago on separate occasions.
"Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently underway," a Fox News spokesperson told BuzzFeed News via email.
Law firm Paul Weiss will conduct the investigation, the spokesperson said.
Rotating substitute hosts will fill on for Bolling on The Specialists on weekdays and Cashin In' on Saturdays.
Bolling's appearance for Saturday's Cashin In' was taped Friday morning, but was pulled later that night once the network was made aware of the Huff Post inquiry/story. It was replaced on Saturday by a live half hour of news.
President Donald Trump helped promote Bolling's book, The Swamp, by retweeting him in June.
Bolling at Trump Tower in November 2016.
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Fox News has recently had other issues with sexual harassment allegations.
Host Bill O'Reilly was ousted from the network in April following multiple sexual harassment allegations against him.
Former Fox News Chairman Roger Ailes also faced sexual harassment allegations from several women before his death in May. He resigned from the network in July 2016 after Gretchen Carlson, a former Fox News anchor who alleged she was fired for rejecting Ailes's sexual advances, filed a lawsuit.
Jesse Watters, co-host of The Five, took a previously unannounced vacation in April after he faced public backlash for making a lewd joke about Ivanka Trump. Watters denied his was a sexual joke.
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