Fox Paid Sexual Harassment Claim Against Top Murdoch Deputy David Hill

Apparently, 21st Century Fox paid off a woman who accused former top executive David Hill of sexual misconduct while he ran Fox Sports. The payment happened in 1998, and suggests Fox had issues with sexual harassment long before the investigations that led to the exits of Fox News star Bill O’Reilly and founder Roger Ailes, and the ouster of Fox Sports President Jamie Horowitz in June. The payment came when Hill was chairman of Fox Sports. Hill, part of Fox chief Rupert Murdoch’s inner circle, was promoted to chairman of Fox Sports Media Group the following year, and had a 24-year career with the company that ended in 2015.