Roger Ailes seeks to move Gretchen Carlson case out of court

NEW YORK– Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seeking to move former anchor Gretchen Carlson’s harassment case against him from a New Jersey court to a closed arbitration panel in New York.

Carlson, who left Fox last month, has accused Ailes of retaliating when she refused his sexual advances and complained about harassment in the workplace at the nation’s top cable news channel.

Ailes, in court papers filed Friday, said New Jersey made no sense as a jurisdiction. He argued that Carlson’s contract compelled her to submit to arbitration for employment disputes.

Through lawyer Nancy Erika Smith, Carlson argued that the arbitration clause doesn’t apply because she’s suing Ailes, not Fox.