The Strange Case of Bill O'Reilly

I'm not a big fan of O'Reilly. In fact I think he's a bit of a jerk, and his politics are mean-spirited at worst, and almost agreeable at best. He's making news again, however, with a big sexual harrasment case. A producer that worked on his show basically threatened him with a suit if he did not pay her off to the tune of $60 million. The problem is, she never once complained to Fox or NewsCorp about his behavior, and as I learned in a sexual harassment course I was required to go to last week, if you don't complain, it's not harassment. If it's not repeated or unwelcome, it's not harassment. So O'Reilly is suing her for extortion, and he's probably going to win, since she has no harassment case. It doesn't matter how many recordings she has, and how much evidence, she never complained through official channels, and, in fact, someone has released an email she wrote to a friend talking about how wonderful her job was, and how great a place it was to work. If it was so great, why is she coming out with all this now? Simple: $$$$