Fox News settled sexual harassment allegations against Bill O’Reilly, the network’s top on-air personality, in the weeks after former chairman Roger Ailes’ dismissal from the network last summer, the New York Times reports.
O’Reilly has had numerous accusations of sexual harassment leveled against him during his tenure at Fox News.
The network reached a confidential settlement reportedly in the high six figures with Juliet Huddy, a longtime contributor to the network, after her attorneys sent a letter to Fox News executives alleging that O’Reilly sexually harassed her starting in 2011 and retaliated against her professionally when she declined his advances.
“The letter contains substantial falsehoods, which both men have vehemently denied,” Irena Briganti, a spokeswoman for Fox News, said in a statement.