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<p>The formerly disgraced Bill O&#39;Reilly finally settled a $32 million sexual harassment case just a month before Fox News rehired him for a four-year $100 million dollar contract, reports <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/21/business/media/bill-oreilly-sexual-harassment.html" target="_blank"><em>The New York Times</em></a>.</p><p>The 68-year-old television host was fired back in April after former colleague Lis Wiehl alleged that O&#39;Reilly had sent her gay porn and other sexually explicit material during his ongoing sexual harassment of her.<span style="position: absolute; opacity: 0;">https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/921811656178569217</span></p><p><span style="position: absolute; opacity: 0;">https://twitter.com/</span></p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Bill O&#39;Reilly paid $32M to silence a sexual harassment accuser — and <a href="https://twitter.com/FoxNews?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@FoxNews</a> still extended his $100M contract <a href="https://t.co/aXt3mnH13g">https://t.co/aXt3mnH13g</a></p>&mdash; New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/921811656178569217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p><span style="position: absolute; opacity: 0;">/status/921811656178569217</span></p><p>According to <em>The New York Times </em>report, O&#39;Reilly was involved in five sexual harassment before Wiehl&#39;s allegations lost him his job.</p><p><strong>Despite, or perhaps, because of his unsavory track record with women, Fox News welcomed him back weeks after the hefty harassment suit was financially settled.</strong></p><p>This business move looks extra hypocritical given how fervently Fox News has been following and covering Harvey Weinstein&#39;s sexual assault allegations.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Month after Bill O&#39;Reilly settled for $32 million, Fox gave him $25 Million 4-year contract. Oh, and Fox is OUTRAGED about Harvey Weinstein! <a href="https://t.co/kE2FDRMOJC">pic.twitter.com/kE2FDRMOJC</a></p>&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) <a href="https://twitter.com/BettyBowers/status/921815926135238656?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/PharoshuzLeRedy/status/921810406842265600</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><oembed>https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/921812534734282753</oembed><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>In a statement, 21st Century Fox claimed it was not privy to the amount of O&#39;Reilly&#39;s January settlement with the Fox News analyst Lis Wiehl, and regarded it as a personal issue between the two of them.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Here is 21st Century Fox’s statement about today’s revelation about Bill O’Reilly’s $32 million settlement: <a href="https://t.co/Tf5VG5DfH7">pic.twitter.com/Tf5VG5DfH7</a></p>&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) <a href="https://twitter.com/brianstelter/status/921798763768885248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 21, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>&quot;It&rsquo;s politically and financially motivated and we can prove it with shocking information, but I&rsquo;m not going to sit here in a courtroom for a year and a half and let my kids get beaten up every single day of their lives by a tabloid press that would sit there, and you know it,&quot; O&#39;Reilly told <em>The New York Times</em>.</p><p><sec-poll id="121"></sec-poll></p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Bill O'Reilly paid $32 million to settle sexual harassment suit. Fox News immediately rehired him.

The formerly disgraced Bill O&#39;Reilly finally settled a $32 million sexual harassment case just a month before Fox News rehired him for a four-year $100 million dollar contract, reports The New York Times.The 68-year-old television host was fired back in April after former colleague Lis Wiehl alleged that O&#39;Reilly had sent her gay porn and other sexually explicit material during his ongoing sexual harassment of her.https://twitter.com/NYDailyNews/status/921811656178569217https://twitter.com/Bill O&#39;Reilly paid $32M to silence a sexual harassment accuser — and @FoxNews still extended his $100M contract https://t.co/aXt3mnH13g&mdash; New York Daily News (@NYDailyNews) October 21, 2017 /status/921811656178569217According to The New York Times report, O&#39;Reilly was involved in five sexual harassment before Wiehl&#39;s allegations lost him his job.Despite, or perhaps, because of his unsavory track record with women, Fox News welcomed him back weeks after the hefty harassment suit was financially settled.This business move looks extra hypocritical given how fervently Fox News has been following and covering Harvey Weinstein&#39;s sexual assault allegations.Month after Bill O&#39;Reilly settled for $32 million, Fox gave him $25 Million 4-year contract. Oh, and Fox is OUTRAGED about Harvey Weinstein! pic.twitter.com/kE2FDRMOJC&mdash; Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) October 21, 2017 https://twitter.com/PharoshuzLeRedy/status/921810406842265600https://twitter.com/KaivanShroff/status/921812534734282753In a statement, 21st Century Fox claimed it was not privy to the amount of O&#39;Reilly&#39;s January settlement with the Fox News analyst Lis Wiehl, and regarded it as a personal issue between the two of them.Here is 21st Century Fox’s statement about today’s revelation about Bill O’Reilly’s $32 million settlement: pic.twitter.com/Tf5VG5DfH7&mdash; Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) October 21, 2017 &quot;It&rsquo;s politically and financially motivated and we can prove it with shocking information, but I&rsquo;m not going to sit here in a courtroom for a year and a half and let my kids get beaten up every single day of their lives by a tabloid press that would sit there, and you know it,&quot; O&#39;Reilly told The New York Times.