Skip Bayless, a longtime sports commentator and former co-host of Fox Sports 1's “Undisputed,” was accused of offering $1.5 million for sex and inappropriate touching by a former hairstylist for the network. was accused of.
Nohsin Faraj said Bayless, 73, who cut her hair after she was cast on “Undisputed,” “gives her a long hug every time he cuts her hair, and touches his body with hers.” “He was pressing her against her chest,” he claimed. Lawsuit.
“He then began kissing her on the cheek,” the lawsuit continues. “MS. Faraj felt uncomfortable with the physical contact and would excuse himself and leave immediately after the haircut.”
Faraj worked part-time for Fox Sports from 2012 to 2016 and full-time from 2016 to 2024, according to the complaint.
Bayless also told Faraj that he would “change” her life if she agreed to sex, according to the complaint.
She repeatedly denied Bayless' advances and told him “we don't date at work,” according to the complaint.
In 2021, Faraj, a single mother, reportedly told Bayless that she was having “problems with her left ovary” and was worried she might have cancer after planning a fourth biopsy. –Bayless “hoped that she would take pity on him and stop his advances,'' according to the complaint.
“Instead, Mr. Bayless told her that he wanted to be with her,” the lawsuit alleged. “MS. Ms. Faraj panicked and started rambling about how there were cameras everywhere, about having children, and about not having children. Then Mr. Bayless grabbed her hand and started kissing her. He offered to pay her $1.5 million for sex.
Bayless is accused of making advances on Faraj again a week later, to which Bayless responded: “No, no, you have a wife.”
“Aren't you a Muslim? Your father has three or four wives, right?” Bayless allegedly responded, according to the complaint.
Faraj told Bayless that his father was dead and when Bayless appeared surprised, he made an excuse to leave, the complaint said.
The lawsuit also alleges that Bayless accused Farage on multiple occasions in 2022 of having sexual relations with former NFL tight end Shannon Sharpe, a co-host on “Undisputed.” There is.
The following year, Bayless apologized to Farage when he learned Farage and Sharpe had not had sex, according to the complaint.
The complaint also states that in December 2023, he told Faraj that he “still loved her” and that he “tried to have sex with her again.”
The 14-count, 42-page lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles also specifically details allegations against FS1 host Joy Taylor and FS1 executive vice president of content Charlie Dixon.
“We take these allegations seriously and given the pending litigation, we have no further comment at this time,” a Fox Sports spokesperson told the Post in a statement.
Bayless co-hosted “Undisputed” for eight years before stepping down in August 2024.
He began his career in the sports media industry as a print writer and worked at ESPN before joining FS1 in 2016.
