It’s no secret that trials of that nature can get ugly, regardless of who’s in the right or wrong, which is why a lot of payoffs of that nature happen.
And even though they aren’t admissions of guilt, advertisers don’t follow the same rules as a courtroom.
For his side, Bill O’Reilly issued a public response to the hubbub, and it’s also worth noting that of the five sexual harassment lawsuits that were already public knowledge, the news anchor claimed they were without merit.
His latest comment on the subject claims that the lawsuits are just attacks on him and Fox News, and he basically says the $13 million in settlements happened to protect his children from dealing with whatever ugliness would have happened otherwise.