Former and current Fox News employees speak out on racial discrimination suit

Allegations of misconduct by senior staff continue to dog Fox News after three women filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming they were subject to "appalling discrimination" and "years-long relentless racial animus" at the hands of a former executive at the news company.

The women, one former and two current employees from the network's payroll department, and their attorney spoke to ABC News' "Good Morning America" on Wednesday about the allegations, which they described as "appalling" and "insulting."

The lawsuit is the latest in a string of allegations of misconduct by current and former staff members stretching back to last summer.

In a July 24, 2006 file photo, Roger Ailes, chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Television Stations, answers questions during a panel discussion at the Television Critics Association summer press tour in Pasadena, California.more +

In July, then-Fox News Chairman and CEO Roger Ailes was pressured into resigning from the company after former Fox News host Gretchen Carlson filed a lawsuit alleging sexual misconduct on the part of Ailes. Fox News and Ailes denied the allegations at the time.

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