Deshaun Watson’s personal coach called out Fox Sports anchor Joy Taylor in a scathing social media post amid Fox Sports’ lawsuit drama.
Taylor was highly critical of Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watkins when he was sued by dozens of women for assault in 2022.
After Watson apologized and expressed remorse to his victims, Taylor tweeted, “How can one be “innocent” and “remorseful”?”
Watson’s coach Quincy Avery called out Joy Taylor in a tweet on Sunday.
Man @JoyTaylorTalks ? what say you? Arm got tired throwing all them rocks from your glass house.
— Quincy Avery (@QuincyAvery) January 6, 2025
Now Taylor is caught up in a sex-fueled scandal herself. Taylor, Fox Sports Executive VP Charlie Dixon, former host Skip Bayless and the Fox Corporation are named in a lawsuit filed by former Fox Sports hairdresser Noushin Faraji.
In court documents filed on Friday, Faraji accused Dixon and Bayless of sexual battery.
Faraji claims Skip Bayless began giving her “lingering hugs and kisses on the cheek while pressing his body against her breasts.”
Bayless did not respond to the allegations on Monday’s episode of his podcast, “The Skip Bayless Show.”
Bayless, 73, is pictured with his wife of 8 years, Ernestine, at Lil Wayne’s 40th birthday party in Los Angeles in September 2022.
Faraji claims Joy Taylor ignored her complaints and told her to “get over it” when she mentioned the groping incidents to her.
In her lawsuit, Noushin Faraji also accused Joy Taylor of using intimate relationships with Dixon and former NFL player Emmanuel Acho to further her career. Charlie Dixon, who is married, helped Joy Taylor land her first job at Fox Sports.
Acho is pictured below left with Charlie Dixon (right).
Joy Taylor letting anybody hit lmfaooo pic.twitter.com/0YekehFDg9
— ?????? ?????? (@EmbiidJoell) January 5, 2025
Faraji quoted Joy Taylor as saying she would sue Dixon once he was “no longer useful” to her.
She warned Taylor that it was “dangerous” to have workplace entanglements with Dixon and Acho.
Faraji is seen below at left on the set with LeSean McCoy, Emmanuel Acho and Joy Taylor.
Taylor returned to work on Monday’s episode of “Speak.” It was her first appearance on the air since news of the lawsuit broke.
Taylor did not mention the lawsuit or the allegations on the air. She wore a blue dress and her hair in a bun. Her co-hosts, Keyshawn Johnson, Paul Pierce and Michael Irving shared light banter with her on the set.
Johnson, Pierce and Irving have been involved in messy lawsuits or accusations of misconduct themselves.
One sports fan wrote: “This show is an absolute joke to all sports. This group of 4 is embarrassing but it’s Fox, so not surprised.”
Another fan added, “They’re trying so hard to ignore the elephant in the room.”
Former Fox Sports host Shannon Sharpe distanced himself from the drama when asked to address the lawsuit on Monday.
“That has nothing to do with me. There’s nothing to address. In those 42 pages, it doesn’t mention that Shannon Sharpe did anything,” he said. “But you all want to get clicks, so you mention me.”
