[ItsTheMediaStupid]

As far as the bribery, the housekeeper said that Rush gave her $120,000 in hush money:

Thats not bribery. You need to do a little research, like looking up these terms in a dictionary. I have no doubt that if the maid had credible evidence that Rush would have been booked before he went into rehab.

[Cacophonous]

It's the most basic kind of bribery, offering someone else money in order to gain an illicit advantage (i.e., her silence). What else would you call it?

[babaloo]

What one person calls "hush money" another might call "blackmail".