Joy Taylor Is The Younger Sister Of Legendary NFL Star

01/06/2025 12:18 PM

Joy Taylor, the 37-year-old Fox Sports 1 personality, is embroiled in controversy this week.

A former Fox Sports employee has filed a lawsuit against the company, alleging mistreatment, sexual harassment and more. Taylor, who has been with Fox Sports since 2016, was named in the lawsuit, which was filed by Noushin Faraji. The former hairdresser worked at Fox Sports for about a decade, before leaving this past August.

"Ms. Faraji brings forth this action because for over a decade at Fox, she was forced to endure a misogynistic, racist, and ableist workplace where executives and talent were allowed to physically and verbally abuse workers with impunity," the suit alleges. "When Ms. Faraji and others came forward to report the wrongdoing, instead of addressing their concerns, Fox retaliated against them while the perpetrators and those who protected them were inexplicably promoted. This case thus represents yet another in a long line of cases chronicling the toxic culture at Fox, marked by bad faith promises and repeated failures to address a poisonous and entrenched patriarchy."

Taylor is accused of having workplace relationships with a Fox Sports executive and a prominent NFL analyst. The lawsuit alleges that Taylor's relationships helped her rise up at the network. She currently co-hosts a show with Keyshawn Johnson and Paul Pierce.

The longtime sports media personality is the younger sister of a legendary NFL star.

Taylor is the younger sister of longtime NFL star Jason Taylor, who played in the league from 1997-2011. He is 13 years older than his younger sister. Jason was a four-time All-Pro, a six-time Pro Bowler and is a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

"I've seen him go through every stage and then have a Hall of Fame career...just really know how much work goes into being that good at anything. It shaped a lot of how I do my job," Joy Taylor said of her relationship with her brother.

"I actually know what that experience is like for (players) because I watched his career. He's an incredible person and I'm really lucky to be his sister."

Joy Taylor, meanwhile, is now dealing with controversy. She is accused of having a relationship with Fox Sports executive Charlie Dixon and NFL analyst Emmanuel Acho.

"In approximately May 2016, Ms. Taylor asked Ms. Faraji to meet for a drink in Santa Monica. When Ms. Faraji arrived, she found Ms. Taylor with an older man, Fox Sport's Executive Vice President of Content, Mr. Dixon. As Executive Vice President, Mr. Dixon is responsible for overseeing all content and production on FS1. Ms. Faraji, however, did not know Mr. Dixon," the lawsuit reads.

"From their body language, Ms. Faraji suspected that the pair were sleeping with each other, and although this concerned Ms. Faraji as she knew Ms. Taylor was recently married, Ms. Faraji kept her opinions to herself.

"Mr. Bayless later disclosed to Ms. Faraji that he did not want Ms. Taylor on the show, but Mr. Dixon was adamant that Ms. Taylor should star. At first, Mr. Dixon arranged a dinner between Mr. Bayless and Ms. Taylor where she arrived in provocative clothing and acted in a provocative manner. When that did not change Mr. Bayless's opinion of Ms. Taylor, Mr. Dixon asked him to approve of her as a favor to him. Reluctantly, Mr. Bayless agreed to do so as a favor to his friend.

"Around August 2016, Ms. Faraji attended a dinner with Ms. Taylor and her husband and Mr. Dixon and his wife. During the dinner, Ms. Taylor's husband became suspicious that Ms. Taylor and Mr. Dixon were having a sexual relationship. Soon after the dinner, Ms. Taylor's husband found evidence of the inappropriate relationship and divorced Ms. Taylor."

She is also accused of being in a relationship with Emmanuel Acho.

"In approximately February 2020, Ms. Taylor asked Ms. Faraji to meet her for lunch in Beverly Hills. When Ms. Faraji arrived, she found Ms. Taylor with a man, Emmanuel Acho. Ms. Faraji did not know Mr. Acho but could tell that the two were romantically involved," the suit reads.

"A few months after meeting Mr. Acho at the lunch, Ms. Faraji noticed him in the hallway while at work. Ms. Faraji later asked Ms. Taylor if Mr. Acho also worked at Fox. Ms. Taylor confirmed and explained that she wanted Mr. Acho to eventually recommend her on the show Speak for Yourself. Ms. Faraji became alarmed and warned Ms. Taylor that she should probably not sleep with Mr. Dixon and Mr. Acho at the same time, as Mr. Dixon is a very powerful man that may become very angry. Ms. Taylor told her not to worry about it. She explained that she was also now powerful, and once Mr. Dixon was no longer useful to her, she would follow through on her plan to tell the company that he forced himself on her. She would not allow herself to be forced out by Mr. Dixon like other women talent."

Taylor has yet to respond to the lawsuit.