Fox News fires host Ed Henry following sexual misconduct complaint by a former employee

• Fox News fired high-profile host Ed Henry over a sexual misconduct complaint made against him by a former employee.
• The network's leadership said in a Wednesday message to employees that they "received a complaint about Ed Henry from a former employee's attorney involving willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago."
• Henry, who has been married to NPR journalist Shirley Hung since 2010, took time off from Fox in 2016 following reporting that he had an extended affair with a Las Vegas hostess.

Fox News has announced that it fired high-profile host Ed Henry following an investigation into a sexual misconduct complaint made against him by a former employee.

The conservative-leaning news network's leadership said in a message to employees on Wednesday morning that they "received a complaint about Ed Henry from a former employee's attorney involving willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago."

Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and president Jay Wallace wrote in the message that they hired a law firm to conduct an independent investigation into the allegations against Henry and temporarily suspended him. They terminated Henry, the co-anchor of "America's Newsroom," as a result of the investigation's findings.

Sandra Smith, Henry's co-anchor, also announced Henry's firing during her Wednesday programming.

Henry, 48, joined Fox News in 2011 as the network's chief White House correspondent following several years covering politics and the White House at CNN.

Henry, who has been married to NPR journalist Shirley Hung since 2010, took time off from Fox in 2016 following reporting that he had an extended affair with a Las Vegas hostess.