stations. is there any credence to this or is he just trying to stay face? i don t think it s 100% outlandish. there are certainly folks in the tv business that don t want to see o reilly back on tv. come on. we know the $32 million is accurate. i ve seen the affidavit that elise will signed. we don t know why he is willing to pay that much money. maybe an innocent man decided to pay $32 million to stop this from being public? maybe. reliable sources is coming up toot at 11:00 a.m. on kcnn. a rare joint appearance of the five former american president. you ll hear what they have to say coming up next. what is behind the report that jimmy carter would like to lend some advice to trump about north korea. how are you?
brian stelter joins me now. nox knows about the settlement and renewed his contract. do you expect any additional fallout about this newest bombshell. they say they knew about the settlement but not price tag 32 million which is eye popping number. i think three impacts to this brand-new news story. o reilly is trying to find a new tv job and his people this is this is a plot to stop them from getting a new job. number two. fox is under federal investigation by the justice department. this is new o reilly revelation play into that? and fox is trying to buy sky in britain and they are worried about the scandals in america
long time network analyst. all of this happened just a month before the company renewed his $25 million a year contract. o reilly spokesman responded to the claims saying the nsk w information was provided by anonymous sources and is false and defamatory. brian stelter has the latest for us. reporter: $32 million, it is a staggering sum of money, the amount of money that bill o reilly paid to a long time legal analyst on fox news when she came forward with allegations of sexual harassment and other misconduct. now, weil agreed to the payout and disavowed the claims she made against o reilly. all this happened privately in january, but the timeline here is remarkable. because just a couple of weeks after the settlement, the $32 million settlement, fox news went ahead and renewed bill
and this is yet another controversy for them to consider. gretchen karlsscarlson will with you reliable sources coming up. she released this statement in response to the report. look. i know we have considered this after past allegations, but can we expect a culture shift maybe this time around at fox? the company says it s trying to change the culture improving the hr department and making other changes behind the scenes, but every time it tries to say it s turned to the corner, you hear about something like this. $32 million is by far the highest settlement we we know about involving o reilly. think about the harvey weinstein settlement. the settlements he was paying to women were $50 or a hundred,000. this story begs the question why
former fox news host reportedly paid $32 million to a long time network analyst and all of this happened a month before the company renewed his $25 million a year contract. o reilly spokesman responded to the claims by saying that the information was provided by anonymous sources and is false and defamatory. brian stelter looks into it. reporter: $32 million, a staggering sum of money, the amount of money that bill o reilly paid to a long time legal analyst on fox news, lis wiehl, when wiehl came forward with allegations. wiehl agreed to the payout and disavowed the claims that she made against o reilly, all this happened privately back in january, but the timeline here is remarkable. because just a couple of weeks