[zeestephen]

My main point was not so much the amount of money but the fact that 90% of the Comments here appear to believe that the New York Times and the Washington Post articles are completely accurate.

If the NYT and WaPo claimed that Trump paid some woman $32 million, I think the Comments on this thread would be completely different.

O’Reilly and his lawyer signed a confidentiality agreement. They have no meaningful way to defend themselves against the news articles.

I rarely watched O’Reilly, and I don't have strong feelings about him, mostly because I never believed he was a real Conservative.

[Tallguy]

It’s impossible to know if the reporting is accurate or not. I would say ‘not’ only insofar as much of the reporting is piling-on. And you always have to discount what much of the MSM has to say about anyone they regard as ‘conservative’ — which BOR is decidedly NOT.

That said, it’s pretty obvious that BOR was cruising the pool of female reporters at FOX, and those women are getting payback now that the power equation has shifted.

[moehoward]

"O’Reilly and his lawyer signed a confidentiality agreement. They have no meaningful way to defend themselves against the news articles."

"As part of their deal, O'Reilly agreed to pay 56-year-old Wiehl $32million over a period of time in exchange for her silence and agreement to never sue him or 21st Century Fox. She also signed an affidavit retracting all the allegations against him."

They have a wonderful defense. She retracted her allegations. I'm sorry, just how credible can she be after working with him 18 years without complaint, then threatens after FOX terminates her.