TV meteorologist details extraordinary sexualized pressure she was subjected to by boss who was regarded an industry legend in bombshell lawsuit

A Minnesota meteorologist says a local TV legend forecaster engaged in a ‘variety of sexually offensive conduct’ while bosses portrayed him as a beloved personality in a bombshell new lawsuit. 

Wren Clair, whose legal name is Renee Fox, alleges that she faced sexual discrimination and harassment while working at Minneapolis broadcaster KSTP-TV. 

She claims that while working at the station, it had a ‘deeply ingrained culture of inappropriate sexual conduct and sexism’ that traced back to its chief meteorologist, Dave Dahl. 

Clair says in a lawsuit filed this week that Dahl was viewed as ‘untouchable’ by TV bosses who ‘worked hard to create and maintain a public image of Dahl as a wholesome member of the Twin Cities community.’ 

But this image ‘starkly contrasted reality’, she alleges in her complaint, including repeatedly commenting on Clair’s body, ‘frequently talking about his sex life in graphic detail’, complimenting the breasts of an underage waitress and engaging in ‘sex acts in public’ at the company Christmas party.

Other lewd allegations include Dahl telling Clair how ‘turned on’ he was by his then-girlfriend’s ‘lack of sexual experience’, and ‘proudly’ showing colleagues pictures of his girlfriend’s breasts, per the lawsuit.

Minnesota meteorologist Wren Clair says she was forced to wear tight dresses and scolded for dying her blonde hair brown by her ‘sexist’ bosses in a blistering new lawsuit

Clair alleges that Varner ‘enabled’ longtime KSTP Chief Meteorologist Dave Dahl (pictured) as he harassed her, which included complimenting the breasts of an underage waitress and engaging in ‘sex acts in public’ at the company Christmas party, per her lawsuit 

Clair also alleges that she was forced to wear tight dresses and was scolded for dying her blonde hair to brown, and said that the allegedly sexist environment was ‘driven’ by KSTP News Director Kirk Varner.

The weather forecaster left the station in February after seven years and joined rival outlet KARE 11 the next month, claiming that she reached breaking point after being demoted for reporting the alleged misconduct. 

KSTP-TV categorically denied her allegations in its legal response to her complaint. 

She alleges that Varner ‘enabled’ Dahl as he harassed her, which saw them ‘engage in a variety of sexually offensive conduct’.

Clair alleges that when Dahl, described as an ‘untouchable’ newsman in the area, retired in 2020, Varner picked up the mantle and subjected her to ‘years of sex-based double standards and stereotypes’. 

Clair’s former employer KSTP-TV denied her allegation that she was fired after reporting the misconduct, and said she was terminated for poor performance. 

But in her shock filing, Clair said that she had never been hit with any formal disciplinary action, and was replaced by a ‘les
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