Per Reuters, “Fox News Channel commentator Bill O’Reilly and a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment [see Oct. 18] have agreed to settle and dropped all allegations against each other, lawyers for Fox said on Thursday.” “How could anyone demand $60 million for conversations on which they could have hung up?” wonders Wendy McElroy in her FoxNews.com column (“The Sad Evolution of Sexual Harassment”, Oct. 27). Celia Farber was hoping O’Reilly would fight rather than settle; her take, which arises from personal experience in one of the most celebrated harassment trials of the Nineties, is passionately felt and worth reading in full (“No Sexual Dealing”, New York Press, vol. 17, issue 43). And Beldar has some speculations about the terms of the settlement and what they suggest about the strength of the two sides’ cases.
Update: “O’Reilly Harassment Case Settled Out of Court”
Per Reuters, “Fox News Channel commentator Bill O’Reilly and a co-worker who had accused him of sexual harassment [see Oct. 18] have agreed to settle and dropped all allegations against each other, lawyers for Fox said on Thursday.” “How could anyone demand $60 million for conversations on which they could have hung up?” wonders Wendy […]
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