Bill O'Reilly of Fox News, who appeared on TV talk shows, said it was the worst day of his life and vowed to fight sexual harassment allegations from one of his producers.
Plaintiff Andrea mcchris made public for the first time on Thursday that she felt threatened by a former boss who filed a lawsuit accusing the woman and her lawyer of extortion.
The 33-year-old said O'Reilly made a series of explicit phone calls to her.
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He said he advised her to use the vibrator, told her to involve her sexual fantasies and to have unwanted phone sex.
O'Reilly, in promoting his children's book "Living with Regis and Kelly", said that over the past few years he has been repeatedly threatened by lawsuits and physical injuries.
He said he knew he might ruin his career by bringing a lawsuit.
"I am willing to do it if I have to go down," he said . ".
"I want to take a stand.
I am the big mouth in the air and the big mouth in the air.
On Wednesday, O'Reilly called the case "the most evil thing I 've ever experienced, and I 've seen a lot.
But these people are wrong.
Max, who has worked in O'Reilly for four years, said at ABC's Good Morning America that she sees his behavior and harmony as a personal threat.
"I think my actions have been confirmed in their actions against me since I came out," she said . ".
Bob Woodruff of ABC asked Chris if she knew what she was going to face.
"O'Reilly is not a shrinking violet," he said . "
"Neither am I," she replied . "
O'Reilly first filed a lawsuit on Wednesday accusing Marchis and lawyer Benedict Morelli of seeking "confidential funds" during negotiations over the past few weeks ".
Subsequently, Mackris immediately filed a claim for harassment.
Debra Catz said that O'Reilly faced severe legal obstacles in his own case, because the law usually protects employees, and if they make allegations of abuse, they will not be retaliated against a lawyer, working specifically for sexual harassment cases in Washington, D. C.
"I think this is a crazy legal strategy," Katz said . ".
"But I think they have decided that the news strategy is more important here.
"Kenneth Taber, another employment law expert at Pierce Bury, New York, said that O'Reilly had to go further if he wanted to prove extortion, and
But Taber also said that since she returned to O'Reilly to work after working on CNN for a while, the mckenris case could be broken
After some so-called harassment