Attorney calls for investigation of Fox News after more harassment claims

(3 Apr 2017)

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1. Medium of attorney Lisa Bloom, left, and former Fox News contributor, Wendy Walsh, right, being seated

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bloom/Attorney for Wendy Walsh:

"Fox News has a very tired, tattered playbook and that is attack, attack, attack, especially women who speak out against their moneymakers."

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Wendy Walsh/Former Fox News Contributor - about the New York Times reporter who encouraged her to come forward:

"What she told me off the record were a lot of stories of other women who are under gag orders who cannot talk. They have been silenced and they had to take that money because they were facing potential economic ruin and I felt like my story was so mild that I had to be the voice for them because nobody can buy my voice. My voice is not for sale. My truth is not for sale."

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bloom/Attorney for Wendy Walsh:

"Bill O'Reilly calls out whiners as 'delicate snowflakes,' but who's the one whining now? Mr. O'Reilly says he's the target, he's the victim because he's wealthy and famous. Oh, please. Let's be clear: Most celebrities, most wealthy and famous people have exactly zero sexual harassment complaints against them. I haven't heard of any against Anderson Cooper at CNN, I haven't heard of any against Lawrence O'Donnell at MSNBC and I haven't heard about any against Sean Hannity, Mr O'Reilly's colleague at Fox News."

5. Medium of Lisa Bloom and Wendy Walsh at press conference.

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bloom/Attorney for Wendy Walsh:

"So by my count that's over 30 women who have raised sexual harassment complaints against Fox News. 30 women that we know about. Roger Ailes got a $40 million payout when he left. Bill O'Reilly's reported $18 million contract was just renewed. Apparently the network believes that multi-million dollar sexual harassment payouts is just a cost of doing business. And what of the women? Many of them have reportedly lost their jobs after standing up for their right not to be sexually harassed in the workplace. Some have been driven out of the television industry entirely."

7. Medium of Lisa Bloom and Wendy Walsh at press conference.

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bloom/Attorney for Wendy Walsh:

"We are calling today for an independent investigation into the culture of sexual harassment at Fox News. As far as I know, this has not yet happened."

9. Medium of Lisa Bloom and Wendy Walsh at press conference

10. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Bloom/Attorney for Wendy Walsh:

"No company in America has the right to normalize sexual harassment and that includes Fox News. No company in America has the right to drive out women who complain and that includes Fox News. No company in America has the right to use its riches to flaunt the law and that includes Fox News."

11. Lisa Bloom ends press conference; Bloom and Walsh leave room

STORYLINE:

ATTORNEY CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION OF FOX NEWS

An attorney for a former Fox News contributor is calling for an independent investigation of sexual harassment allegations against host Bill O'Reilly.

Lisa Bloom represents Wendy Walsh, a former Fox News contributor who says she lost a segment on "The O'Reilly Factor" after she refused to go to O'Reilly's bedroom following a 2013 dinner in Los Angeles. She's seeking an investigation by New York City's Commission on Human Rights.

Walsh said she came forward because she was told by a New York Times reporter that many of the women who have accused O'Reilly of harassment are bound by gag orders. She said she is not bound by any such agreement and the statute of limitations has passed for her to sue.

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