Bombshell FS1 Harassment Lawsuit Exposes Joy Taylor Emanuel Acho Affair

A lawsuit filed against FS1 sports personality Skip Bayless, by stylist, Noushin Faraji, exposes an affair between co-hosts, Emanuel Acho and Joy Taylor...

From The Daily Mail

FS1 host Joy Taylor used sixual relationships with ex-NFL star co-host Emmanuel Acho and network executive Charlie Dixon to further her career, according to the bombshell lawsuit facing a number of sports media's biggest names.

What's more, the glamorous 37-year-old broadcaster allegedly schemed to protect her job at the network by fabricating a sixual misconduct allegation against Dixon, a Fox Sports executive vice president in charge of talent.

'… once Mr. Dixon was no longer useful to [Taylor], she would follow through on her plan to tell the company that he forced himself on her,' reads a portion of the lawsuit filed Friday in Los Angeles Superior court on behalf of ex-FS1 stylist, Noushin Faraji.

Taylor, Dixon, former FS1 host Skip Bayless and the Fox Corporation are named in Faraji's lawsuit, much of which focuses on allegations of sixual harassment, sixual battery, negligent supervision, retaliation and other hostile workplace issues between 2012 and August of 2024. Bayless is accused of offering $1.5million to Faraji for six, while Dixon is accused of groping the stylist's buttocks.

Taylor, herself, is accused of dismissing Faraji's complaints about sixual harassment against Bayless and Dixon, telling the hair stylist to 'get over it.'

But in addition to those allegations are Faraji's claims that Taylor leveraged six to advance her career – first with Dixon and then with Acho, the retired NFL linebacker and Taylor's co-host on FS1's 'Speak.'

With Dixon, Faraji began to suspect that he and Taylor were having an affair in 2016 despite both being married at the time.

'In approximately May 2016, Ms. Taylor asked Ms. Faraji to meet for a drink in Santa Monica,' read the lawsuit, obtained by DailyMail.com. 'When Ms. Faraji arrived, she found Ms. Taylor with an older man, Fox Sport's Executive Vice President of Content, Mr. Dixon. As Executive Vice President, Mr. Dixon is responsible for overseeing all content and production on FS1. Ms. Faraji, however, did not know Mr. Dixon.

'From their body language, Ms. Faraji suspected that the pair were sleeping with each other, and although this concerned Ms. Faraji as she knew Ms. Taylor was recently married, Ms. Faraji kept her opinions to herself.'

Taylor was just a fill-in host at the time but was later added to the network in a full-time role. And according to Faraji, that decision was made at Dixon's insistence over the objections of Bayless.

'Mr. Bayless later disclosed to Ms. Faraji that he did not want Ms. Taylor on the show, but Mr. Dixon was adamant that Ms. Taylor should star,' the filing reads. 'At first, Mr. Dixon arranged a dinner between Mr. Bayless and Ms. Taylor where she arrived in provocative clothing and acted in a provocative manner. When that did not change Mr. Bayless's opinion of Ms. Taylor, Mr. Dixon asked him to approve of her as a favor to him. Reluctantly, Mr. Bayless agreed to do so as a favor to his friend.'

Taylor would soon split with her husband, Richard Giannotti, who is not named in the suit.

And according to Faraji, it was because Taylor's now-ex discovered proof of her infidelity.

Taylor is again accused of using 'her sixuality to get on a show' in 2020, when she sought a spot on Acho's program.

'Ms. Faraji did not know Mr. Acho but could tell that the two were romantically involved,' the filing reads.

According to Faraji, Taylor all but admitted to having six with Acho and dismissed talk of any jealousy by Dixon.

'A few months after meeting Mr. Acho at the lunch, Ms. Faraji noticed him in the hallway while at work,' the filing continues. 'Ms. Faraji later asked Ms. Taylor if Mr. Acho also worked at Fox.

'Ms. Taylor confirmed and explained that she wanted Mr. Acho to eventually recommend her on the show 'Speak for Yourself.'

'Ms. Faraji became alarmed and warned Ms. Taylor that she should probably not sleep with Mr. Dixon and Mr. Acho at the same time, as Mr. Dixon is a very powerful man that may become very angry. Ms. Taylor told her not to worry about it. She explained that she was also now powerful, and once Mr. Dixon was no longer useful to her, she would follow through on her plan to tell the company that he forced himself on her. She would not allow herself to be forced out by Mr. Dixon like other women talent.'

Curiously, Acho has since deleted a social media of himself praising Taylor for her professionalism.