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UPDATED WEDNESDAY, APRIL 19, 3:27 PM:

Bill O’Reilly, the controversial Fox News host, has been forced out of his prime-time role on the network, the company said on Wednesday, following revelations of multiple settlements involving sexual harassment allegations against him, reports The New York Times:

His ouster brings an abrupt and embarrassing end to his two-decade reign as one of the most popular and influential commentators in television.

“After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the company and Bill O’Reilly have agreed that Bill O’Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel,” 21st Century Fox, Fox News’s parent company, said in a statement.

Mr. O’Reilly’s departure comes two and a half weeks after an investigation by The New York Times revealed how Fox News and 21st Century Fox had repeatedly stood by Mr. O’Reilly even as sexual harassment allegations piled up against him. The Times found that the company and Mr. O’Reilly reached settlements with five women who had complained about sexual harassment or other inappropriate behavior by him. The agreements totaled about $13 million.

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SOURCE: The New York Times


Fox News Prepares To Drop O’Reilly

Updated April 19, 2017, at 1:20, EDT

Fox News has decided to let Bill O’Reilly go, as more sexual harassment allegations surface, New York magazine reports.

According to the outlet, network executives will make the announcement before the longtime host returns from his vacation on April 24.

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‘Hot Chocolate:’ Bill O’Reilly Accused Of Harassing Black Clerical Worker

An African-American clerical worker who worked in the same office as Bill O’Reilly said the Fox News host harassed her in a report to the network’s hotline, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

From The Hollywood Reporter:

Bill O’Reilly used to leer at an African-American Fox News clerical worker and called her “hot chocolate,” according to attorney Lisa Bloom, who helped the woman report the harassment to the network’s hotline.

“He would never talk to her, not even hello, except to grunt at her like a wild boar,” Bloom tells The Hollywood Reporter. “He would leer at her. He would always do this when no one else was around and she was scared.”

…The allegations against O’Reilly follow a flurry of litigation and press involving women who say they were harassed by and-or retaliated against by ousted-CEO Roger Ailes. Gretchen Carlson was the first to sue last summer, and several other women have filed litigation since. Ailes was terminated shortly after Megyn Kelly spoke with Fox investigators about her experience, which she details in her book.

Complaints against O’Reilly continue to grow with more than 140,000 people have signed a petition calling for O’Reilly’s resignation, reports Fast Company.

SOURCE: The Hollywood ReporterFast Company

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