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Fox News Will Investigate Wendy Walsh’s Sexual Harassment Complaint About Bill O’Reilly

Posted by Ellen -7841.60pc on April 10, 2017 · Flag

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Last week, psychologist Wendy Walsh phoned in a sexual harassment complaint against Bill O’Reilly on the 21st Century Fox hotline. Yesterday, Fox’s parent company said it will have its lawfirm investigate the claim.

You may recall that Walsh’s experiences with O’Reilly were written up in an explosive New York Times article last week. Unlike the other women whose claims had been formally settled, Walsh was not bound by any confidentiality agreement. During a press conference on Monday, the former regular guest on The O’Reilly Factor relayed how a promised Fox contract and her regular appearances on the show disappeared after she spurned O’Reilly’s sexual advances.

You may also recall that O’Reilly responded to the Times report by saying he is “vulnerable to lawsuits” from people looking to make money off him and that, “In my more than 20 years at Fox News Channel, no one has ever filed a complaint about me with the Human Resources Department, even on the anonymous hotline.”

So now Walsh has filed her complaint on the hotline.

Yesterday, Walsh’s attorney, Lisa Bloom told CNN’s Reliable Sources that she had heard from Fox’s attorneys and had been promised an investigation. “This is not blowing over,” she said.

"This is not blowing over...there are going to be more claims," says @LisaBloom on Bill O'Reilly harassment scandal https://t.co/CQd6ZssYpg

— Reliable Sources (@ReliableSources) April 9, 2017

Reuters has since confirmed that Fox will investigate:

“21st Century Fox investigates all complaints and we have asked the law firm Paul Weiss to continue assisting the company in these serious matters," the company said in a statement.  

Paul Weiss is the firm that investigated sexual harassment complaints in the wake of Gretchen Carlson’s bombshell complaint against Fox’s then-CEO Roger Ailes (who resigned soon thereafter).

Indeed, this is not blowing over.

Watch Walsh phone in her complaint on the corporate hotline below in a YouTube video published by Bloom on April 5, 2017.

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Eyes On Fox commented 2017-04-11 07:15:23 -0400 · Flag
When I heard Bill-O had lost several minutes of advertiser content per “Factor” that’s when I saw a ray of hope the corner office scumbag might actually be forced to face his malfeasance. Though how long will that last after me hearing his ratings are actually up following this all going public. His Republican white male geezer fan base looking for sexual harassment techniques and tips from the master?
David Lindsay commented 2017-04-10 21:59:25 -0400 · Flag
Every lawsuit settled out of court is generous to the compaintant in order to shut it up when big companies are involved. For large manufacturing companies, when an employee gets hurt most often they will put them on light duty so they won’t incur lost time due to accident record, in order to keep the safety record pristine and intact. Keeps OSHA outside of the company gates. Happens all the time. Until one employee takes a stand and decides not to play the game.
Maybe Faux has met it’s Waterloo.
doors17 commented 2017-04-10 16:44:58 -0400 · Flag
I’m curious to see if Bill shows up this week or start a Spring Break vacation.

If he does show up I wonder if he’ll cover the Governor of Alabama resigning today. That would be awkward.








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