'Wheel of Fortune' announcer Jim Thornton's attorney speaks out after game show suspension

"Wheel of Fortune" announcer Jim Thornton is defending himself through his lawyer after he was suspended this week.

His attorney told TMZ Tuesday that the 61-year-old "did not engage in any illegal conduct, was not arrested, and has not been charged with any crime."

"We have recently been made aware of allegations concerning Jim Thornton," a spokesperson for Sony Pictures Television Studios told Fox News Digital Tuesday.

"He has been suspended from ‘Wheel of Fortune,’ and we...