Updated on July 10, 2026:
Former “Fox 2 Detroit” evening anchor Taryn Asher has asked a federal district court to compel her former employer — Fox Television Stations — to nullify a noncompete clause in her employment agreement, giving her the opportunity to work at a competing Detroit television station.
A filing was submitted to the court on July 2, with the news anchor fighting against a potential six-month sit-out. At issue: if the anchor’s employment term ended on November 21, 2025, or with what Fox Television Stations says was her formal termination in June 2026.
If the court determines that June 6 was indeed the final day of employment under Fox’s terms, which she would have agreed to as an employee, the non-compete would be enforceable through December 7 of this year.
NORTHVILLE, MICH. — In mid-November 2025, she departed the FOX Television Stations property serving the Detroit marketplace. In February, she took to social media platform X to thank all who had reached out, saying, “I miss connecting with you each day. I’m thoughtfully working through an unexpected work-related matter.”
That work matter involves a job loss Taryn Asher believes was discriminated against based on her gender, and that retaliation led to her departure.
