O’Reilly Settled New Harassment Claims, Then Fox Renewed His Contract<br />Junior producer at Fox News<br />A producer on “The O’Reilly Factor”<br />A host on Fox Business Network<br />On-air personality at Fox News<br />Legal analyst at Fox News<br />Regarding Mr. O’Reilly’s contract extension, the company said Fox News “surely would have wanted<br />to renew” Mr. O’Reilly’s contract, noting that “he was the biggest star in cable TV.”<br />It emphasized that provisions were added to the new contract that allowed for his dismissal if new allegations or other relevant information arose.<br />Asked about the allegation of a nonconsensual sexual relationship, a representative for Mr. O’Reilly, Mark Fabiani, said<br />that 21st Century Fox was “well aware” Ms. Wiehl had signed a sworn affidavit “renouncing all allegations against him,” adding that after receiving the document Fox News offered Mr. O’Reilly “a record breaking contract.”<br />Lawyers for Ms. Wiehl, Jonathan S. Abady and O. Andrew F. Wilson of the firm Emery Celli Brinckerhoff & Abady, declined to comment.
