Fox News fired back on Wednesday against the latest lawsuit brought by former show host Andrea Tantaros, filing a motion for sanctions that seeks money, a dismissal of the case and a disciplinary referral for Judd Burstein, Tantaros' Manhattan-based lawyer.

The 25-page motion, filed with Southern District Judge George Daniels, claims that the basis for Tantaros' federal complaint filed in April amounts to an “outright hoax.”

“On the very first page of the complaint, Burstein falsely accuses Fox News of engaging in criminal conduct,” writes Andrew Levander, a partner at Dechert serving as outside counsel for Fox and two of its executives.