A former Fox News contributor who reached a $2.5 million settlement with the network after alleging sexual assault on Sunday said she broke the terms of her confidentiality agreement in order to return fire on Fox mogul Rupert Murdoch.
“I want to be very clear here. I would not have been able to be sitting here to say what I’m about to say if it wasn’t for Mr. Murdoch and what he said, because my settlement in exchange for money, I had to agree to be quiet, except if I was disparaged or maligned. And because Mr. Murdoch said what he said, that 60 seconds has allowed me to speak out,” former Fox News contributor Tamara Holder told CNN’s Brian Stelter on “Reliable Sources.”
Holder was referring to comments made last week by Fox News chairman Murdoch in a Sky News interview, in which he appeared to dismiss sexual misconduct allegations against various men at Fox News.
Fox News parent company 21st Century Fox, in defending Murdoch’s comments, noted that it has responded with serious consequences to sexual harassment allegations. Fox News previously ousted former anchor Bill O’Reilly and the late CEO Roger Ailes amid allegations of sexual harassment against them.
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