"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.
A lot of people would shut up about assault for $32 million. No one is going to take the assault away. She might feel he doesn’t have access any more to a network’s bevy of attractive employees, so he isn’t a danger. And $32 million is a lot of money. It would be very tempting for me to shut up about an assault. If continuing to press charges wouldn’t help anyone else, she might feel that was punishment enough, in a civil case. You can’t get unraped.