I didn’t realize that she was one of the woman involved in the Bill O’Reilly mess.
She slammed Fox’s human resources department for “protecting the bosses, not protecting the employees.” Such attitudes may be one reason more women don’t report harassment at their workplaces, she said, adding that they’re worried they will be labeled a “troublemaker.”
The number of sexual harassment cases involving O’Reilly continues to grow. He paid longtime analyst Lis Wiehl $32 million to settle in a newly revealed sexual harassment suit, the Times reported on Saturday.
That makes six harassment suits settled by either the anchor or the company, totaling $45 million, according to the Times. Company heads were aware of the settlements yet still decided to go ahead with contract negotiations with him early this year, agreeing on a four-year extension for Mr. O’Reilly with a $25 million annual salary, the Times reported. But when some of the settlements became public, that changed and O’Reilly was fired on April 19.
O’Reilly has vehemently denied the accusations, claiming they are malicious.
I’m surprised about Lis Wiehl. She was always on his show hawking her books. She didn’t seem like the type that would do this. I just don’t believe most of them. I think they want huge settlements.
Lis Wiehl hauled in $32 million, but the other five hauled in only $13 million combined ($2.6M each). If I were one of the other five, I’d be mightily PO’d at the unfair treatment I’d received and go back for my own $32M.
It would be only fair to treat all six ladies the same, right?