Fox News has fired veteran comptroller Judy Slater over allegations her behavior toward African-American colleagues was 'abhorrent'.

Slater, who is white and had been with the network for 19 years, is accused of making demeaning remarks to African-American colleagues and ridiculing the way they pronounce words.

She allegedly asked one African-American employee if all three of her children were fathered by the same man, The Wrap reports.

Judy Slater, Fox News' longtime comptroller, was fired for making 'racist comments' to her African-American colleagues

Kevin Lord (pictured left), executive vice president of human resources with the company, oversaw the investigation that resulted in Slater's termination; Former Fox News head Roger Ailes (picturedright ) was forced to resign following a sexual harassment lawsuit in July

In another incident, Slater reportedly called an African-American woman 'sista' and mocked the speech of black employees, openly complaining that they mispronounce words.

She reportedly went so far as to write down words like 'sister', 'mother' and 'father' and asked the African-American employees to pronounce them aloud.

On another occasion, Slater allegedly raised her hands in a 'hands up, don't shoot' gesture when she was wished good night by two African-American employees.

Slater's behavior was investigated after it was made known to Kevin Lord, executive vice president of human resources with the company.

Ailes resigned shortly after star anchor Megyn Kelly (left) also made sexual harassment allegations against her boss during the investigation which began after former Fox host Gretchen Carlson (right) filed a lawsuit

'We take any complaint of this nature very seriously and took the appropriate action in investigating and firing Ms Slater within two weeks of this being brought to our attention,' said a network spokesperson. 'There is no place for abhorrent behavior like this at Fox News.'

Rupert Murdoch (pictured), chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel, considered Ailes one of his closest allies

Slater joined Fox News Channel in 1998, overseeing the company's accounts. She was promoted in 2006 to vice president and controller.

Fox News is no stranger to internal investigations, with sexual harassment lawsuits in the last year from numerous employees that led to the firing of the network's CEO Roger Ailes.

The drama began on July 6, after former co-host of Fox & Friends, Gretchen Carlson, filed a lawsuit against Ailes alleging sexual harassment. She claimed the Fox boss cancelled her show when she rebuffed his sexual advances.

Former Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly joined other women who came forward to accuse Ailes of sexual harassment following Carlson's July lawsuit.

Kelly claimed Ailes tried to sexually assault her in his office and hinted that she would be fired for refusing his advances.

The 76-year-old strongly denied the allegations.

Since then, Fox agreed to settle with Carlson and a handful of other female employees, including former booker Laurie Luhn and ex-Fox news chief Andrea Tantaros.

Tantaros told Good Morning America in October that she refused a seven-figure settlement in her sexual harassment case against Ailes and O'Reilly Factor host Bill O'Reilly because the network wanted her 'eternal silence'.



The network responded to Luhn's sexual harassment allegations against Ailes by giving her a $3.15million payout.

Ailes was hired by Rupert Murdoch, chairman and acting CEO of Fox News Channel, to invent Fox News two decades ago. Murdoch considered him to be one of his closest allies.

Other company leaders have been accused of sexual harassment.

Former Fox News contributor Tamara Holder and 21st Century Fox reportedly worked out a deal last month that awarded her $2.5million following her allegations that she was sexually assaulted by Francisco Cortes, the vice president of Fox News Latino, two years ago.

In addition to paying out millions, the network also terminated Cortes, who in 2004 was personally selected by Ailes as the first member of the disgraced CEO's apprentice program.

Cortes did not respond to a request for comment from DailyMail.com, but his lawyer Jay Sanchez said he was 'presently considering Mr Cortes’ legal options'.