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Bill O'Reilly , Political Commentator Biography
In October 2017, The New York Times alleged through anonymous sources that O'Reilly had reached a settlement with former Fox News legal analyst Lis Wiehl in January 2017. The amount that was actually paid was not verified through any financial institutions. Wiehl had been a frequent guest on O'Reilly's show from 2001 to December 2016. On January 2, 2017, O'Reilly received a draft of a lawsuit alleging a "sexual harassment," as well as "repeated harassment . . . and the [unsolicited] sending of gay pornography and other sexually explicit material to her". Wiehl subsequently signed a sworn affidavit "renouncing all allegations against him" and withdrew all claims. In an interview, O'Reilly denied the allegations against him and said he "resolved matters privately because [he] wanted to protect [his] children from the publicity".[156] Despite the Wiehl allegations in January, Fox gave O'Reilly a four-year contract extension, worth $25 million per year, in February. However, as described above, Fox announced in April that O'Reilly would no longer be employed by the network.