Fox News star presenter Bill O'Reilly has been sacked after a swirl of sexual harassment accusations sparked a walkout by advertisers.
Bill O'Reilly attends Hollywood Reporter's 35 Most Powerful People in Media, in April 2016 in New York. Photo: AFP
21st Century Fox issued a statement just over an hour ago -- it says: "After a thorough and careful review of the allegations, the Company and Bill O'Reilly have agreed that Bill O'Reilly will not be returning to the Fox News Channel."
Advertisers started abandoning O'Reilly's show after it was reported Fox has paid $13 million dollars settling sexual harassment claims against him.
Fresh allegations were made this week. Lawyer Lisa Bloom represents the latest complainant.
"He would come by her desk when there was no-one around and make sexually inappropriate comments to her and racially harassing comments. He called her 'hot chocolate'. She's African American. She found that very offensive.
"He would leer at her, leer at her cleavage, at her legs. He would say ' Hmm mmm, yeah baby'. He would have her get off the elevator first and then make comments about her as she got off the elevator. She found this whole thing very upsetting."
Brian Steinberg, a Senior TV Editor with Variety, tells us it "became an untenable situation"
