O’Reilly struck $32M sexual harassment settlement while at Fox: report

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O’Reilly struck $32M sexual harassment settlement while at Fox: report
By Brandon Carter - 10/21/17 01:48 PM EDT

Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly paid $32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim a month before Fox News extended his contract, according to The New York Times.

Two people briefed on the matter told the Times that 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, knew about the complaints against O’Reilly, which were brought by a Fox analyst.

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http://thehill.com/homenews/media/356543-oreilly-struck-32m-sexual-harassment-settlement-while-at-fox-news-report

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O’Reilly struck $32M sexual harassment settlement while at Fox: report
By Brandon Carter - 10/21/17 01:48 PM EDT

Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly paid $32 million to settle a sexual harassment claim a month before Fox News extended his contract, according to The New York Times.

Two people briefed on the matter told the Times that 21st Century Fox, the parent company of Fox News, knew about the complaints against O’Reilly, which were brought by a Fox analyst.

more
http://thehill.com/homenews/media/356543-oreilly-struck-32m-sexual-harassment-settlement-while-at-fox-news-report

$32M for sexual harassment?  Did he say he liked her outfit or something?  I did not care that much for O'Reilly, but come on.  She had been on his show quite a bit along with Kimberly.  I guess Kimberly told him to just shut his trap.  Just too weird.

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$32 million is better than winning the lottery... For the lawyer...

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FWIW ,....

Statement by Mark Fabiani on Behalf of Bill O'Reilly Relating to the New York Times Smear Piece
October 21, 2017

Once again, The New York Times has maliciously smeared Bill O'Reilly, this time even failing to print a sworn affidavit from his former lawyer, Lis Wiehl, repudiating all allegations against Bill O'Reilly. The Times ignored that evidence, sworn under oath, and chose to rely on unsubstantiated allegations, anonymous sources and incomplete leaked or stolen documents.

Here are the facts: after the Chairman of Fox News Roger Ailes was fired in July 2016, dozens of women accused scores of male employees of Fox News of harassment - including the current co-president of Fox News Jack Abernathy.

21st Century Fox settled almost all these cases, paying out close to $100 million dollars. Six months after Mr. Ailes left the company, Fox News Corporation signed Bill O'Reilly to a record breaking new contract after the company had analyzed and considered all allegations against him.

In its first article about Mr. O'Reilly on April 1st, The New York Times printed inaccurate settlement figures while fully understanding that O'Reilly and his counsel are legally bound by confidentiality and cannot set the record straight.

In its latest diatribe against Bill O'Reilly, the Times printed leaked information provided by anonymous sources that is out of context, false, defamatory, and obviously designed to embarrass Bill O'Reilly and to keep him from competing in the marketplace.

Finally, in the more than 20 years Bill O'Reilly worked at Fox News, not one complaint was filed against him with the Human Resources Department or Legal Department by a coworker, even on the anonymous hotline. The New York Times has copies of two letters written by 21st Century Fox lawyers attesting to that fact.

The Times failed to print them, too.

Click here to read the sworn affidavit of Lis Wiehl.


https://www.billoreilly.com/g/October-21-Statement/881.html

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So Lis had a hissy fit.  She was upset with Bill.  She hired an attorney during her fit.  After the hissy fit passed, she wanted to stop it.  Too late.

Now her livelihood and perhaps Bill's livelihood have both diminished by a lot.  More importantly than the income and the charity work Bill did, but both of their reputations.

Just dandy! /Sarcasm