America's Newsroom host Ed Henry is FIRED for sexual misconduct allegations made by a former employee - after a four-month leave of absence in 2016 due to extra-marital affair with Vegas cocktail waitress

Fox News announced Wednesday it had dismissed America's Newsroom host Ed Henry over sexual misconduct allegations. 

In a memo to all staff, FOX News Media CEO Suzanne Scott and FOX News Media President and Executive Editor Jay Wallace said they received a complaint from the attorney of a former employee on June 25.

The complaint charged Henry, one of Fox's top news anchors, with willful sexual misconduct in the workplace years ago. 

It comes as Henry was rebuilding his career following a four-month leave of absence in 2016 due to an extra-marital affair with a Las Vegas cocktail waitress. 

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America's Newsroom host Ed Henry, 48, was fired by Fox over sexual misconduct allegations

The memo added that Henry, 48, had been suspended the same day the complaint was received pending investigation. 

An outside investigator was hired and, based on the results of that probe, Fox fired Henry.

'We would live to bring a very serious matter to your attention in an effort toward full transparency given the actions we have taken to improve the culture here over the past four years,' the memo read. 

'FOX New Media strictly prohibits all forms of sexual harassment, misconduct and discrimination. We will continue striving to maintain a safe an inclusive workplace for all employees'. 

America's Newsroom will now have rotating co-hosts joining Sandra Smith until a  permanent replacement is named.  

Henry worked as a late morning news anchor on Fox, between the hours of 9 to 11 am and was considered a rising star.

He joined Fox in 2011 and covered the Obama administration as Fox's chief White House correspondent. 

Henry continued at the helm of much of the network's coverage of Hillary Clinton's campaign in 2016 before being sidelined over a tabloid scandal. 

He had slowly rehabilitated his career following a four-month leave of absence that ended in 2017, after there were published reports of an extramarital affair that he conducted with a Las Vegas cocktail waitress.

The report caused former Fox CEO Roger Ailes to publicly rebuke him, stating that 'this raises serious questions about Ed's lack of judgment, especially given his position as a journalist'. 

Ailes was also later forced out of Fox News when he was accused of sexual assault and harassment by numerous women. 

Fox offered no details of the complaint that resulted in Henry's firing, only to say that it happened 'years ago'.