Fox News host Kimberly Guilfoyle says a fifth woman was abused by former New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who faces accusations of physical abuse from four other women.
“Some of the executives and producers here at Fox News know that I’ve been working on an investigation into this case as well,” Guilfoyle told Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum Tuesday evening. “I’ve been working with one of the victims of Eric Schneiderman and her horrific ordeal that she endured at his hands. She too was also very afraid to come forward and to tell her story, which is unbelievably harrowing and compelling. And she is not one of the four that are mentioned in this New Yorker piece.”
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“Wow,” MacCallum said. “So we already know there’s more.”
The original four women’s allegations were detailed in a piece published in the New Yorker Monday, prompting Schneiderman’s swift resignation.
Guilfoyle added she had been working with the fifth woman for several months prior to the New Yorker’s initial report.
Two women told the New Yorker Schneiderman hit them multiple times while they were in bed, against their will. They called the violence an “assault,” and said they received medical attention after they were hit on their ears and face, and were choked.
Both women also claimed Schneiderman warned they would be killed if they cut ties with him, an accusation Schneiderman’s spokesperson denied.
Another woman who was romantically linked to Schneiderman told Michelle Manning Barish and Tanya Selvaratnam she too experienced nonconsensual physical violence in her interactions with him. Although the third woman remains anonymous, the New Yorker verified the accounts provided by Manning Barish and Selvaratnam.
A fourth woman, who wished to remain anonymous, also accused Schneiderman of slapping her on the face after she rejected one of his advances. She shared a photo with the New Yorker of the mark left on her face from the incident and revealed she screamed out of shock and pain following the blow.
Schneiderman backed the #MeToo movement against sexual misconduct and recently issued praise for news outlets who won Pulitzer Prizes for their sexual harassment coverage.
His resignation came shortly after New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo called on him to step down. He has denied the allegations.
