"...allegations about O'Reilly entered the public arena in lurid fashion when a producer on his show, Andrea Mackris, then 33, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against him. In the suit, she said he had told her to buy a vibrator, called her at times when it sounded as if he was masturbating and described sexual fantasies involving her. Mackris had recorded some of the conversations, people familiar with the case said."

"Mackris also said in the suit that O'Reilly, who was married at the time (he and his wife divorced in 2011), threatened her, saying he would make any woman who complained about his behavior "pay so dearly that she'll wish she'd never been born."

"Fox News and O'Reilly adopted an aggressive strategy that served as a stark warning of what could happen to women if they came forward with complaints, current and former employees told The Times."

https://www.adn.com/nation-world/2017/04/01/bill-oreilly-thrives-at-fox-news-even-as-harassment-settlements-add-up/