Ex-'Fox And Friends' Host Leaves NJ After Fraud Allegations

The wife of former "Fox and Friends" host Clayton Morris, who formerly lived in New Jersey, said she and her husband have moved to Portugal since reports of fraud allegations have become public.

Natali Morris, who lived with her husband in Florham Park, said on her website that "we have many reasons for this but the other day, at our visa application appointment, I realized that the main motivation was the same thing that has pushed generations of parents across borders: to seek a better life for their family."

"I am not one of those who rejects America," she said. "We had a good life there. But my husband and I have had a hard few years in our business and this has forced us to question everything."

Clayton Morris is facing more than two dozen lawsuits in New Jersey and elsewhere that claim he organized a scheme to defraud customers for his own financial gain, according to nj.com. They accuse him of selling them Indiana rental properties with the promise to rehab and rent them, but he allegedly failed to do so.

In May, two civil lawsuits involving three families were filed in Superior Court in New Jersey and included allegations of violating the state’s Consumer Fraud Act, breach of contract and unjust enrichment. Morris Invest helped sell at least 1,000 properties over the past two years and took in more than $5 million in referral fees and profits, according to The New York Times.

Natali Morris said that, in the spring of 2018, she and her husband found out that his business associate "was stealing from investors and tenants."

"This person had several other business associates who were also harmed, but because my husband had some residual 'fame' from his former career as a news anchor, he was given a disproportionate amount of blame, particularly in national press," she said. "The press omitted details that did not fit their narrative

"They knew that other companies and investors had worked with this associate and been similarly harmed but they left them all out. They knew that our business in other markets did not have this problem and they interviewed satisfied investors and partners in those other markets. They left all of this out too. We explained the details here if you care to know more."