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"Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently underway," a spokesperson for Fox News said in a statement. | Richard Drew/AP Photo Fox News' Bolling suspended after lewd texting allegations

Fox News has suspended anchor Eric Bolling, a spokesperson confirmed Saturday, after allegations surfaced that he sent unsolicited lewd text messages to female co-workers.

"Eric Bolling has been suspended pending the results of an investigation, which is currently underway," a spokesperson for Fox News said in a statement.

HuffPost reported Friday that Bolling had sent pictures of male genitalia to two co-workers at Fox Business Network and one at Fox News Channel, citing a dozen anonymous sources. For months, reporters at several news organizations were chasing down allegations of Bolling's behavior, particularly the lewd texts, prior to Friday's explosive report.

According to the network, "Cashin' In," a financial management show Bolling hosts on Saturdays, was taped Friday morning but shelved after news of the allegations spread. Rotating guest hosts will substitute for Bolling this week on "The Specialists," Fox News' late-afternoon political-discussion panel program, a spokesperson said.

Three hours after Fox announced the suspension, new sexual-harassment allegations against Bolling and other network employees emerged. Caroline Heldman, a frequent Fox contributor from 2008 to 2011, said Bolling and two other employees of Fox News and Fox Business had subjected her to sexual harassment, HuffPost reported.

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"We are investigating this matter, and all claims will be taken into account," a Fox News spokesperson told POLITICO of the Heldman allegations.

Fox News has been repeatedly rocked by allegations of sexual impropriety in recent years, including in April of this year, when a wave of sexual harassment allegations forced the network's top anchor, Bill O'Reilly, to leave his prime-time hosting gig.

According to the Fox News spokesperson, the Bolling investigation will be carried out by the Paul Weiss law firm, the same group that spearheaded reviews of O'Reilly and former network chief Roger Ailes, who also left the company following a spree of claims of sexual impropriety.

Hadas Gold contributed to this report.