Ex-Fox News host claims network’s people tortured her online when she complained of sexual harassment

Former Fox News host Andrea Tantaros says in a lawsuit she believes network operatives used bogus social media accounts to torture her after she complained about sexual harassment.

She also says she believes someone hacked her computer and phone.

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Tantaros’ attorney, Judd Burstein, filed the suit Monday at a federal court in New York.

The lawsuit didn’t offer up hard evidence that Fox was behind harassing tweets.

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It says an analysis revealed surveillance software on her computer, but not who put it there.

A law firm representing Fox says network executives “flatly deny that they conducted any electronic surveillance” and have no knowledge of the harassing tweets.