Hannity: I know people who have paid to avoid legal fees from “false” reports of sexual harassment

Sean Hannity's comments come after inviting Bill O'Reilly back to Fox News, his first appearance on the network after being fired amid multiple reports of sexual harassment

From the October 13 edition of Fox News' Hannity:

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HARVEY LEVIN: When a media organization -- and Sean, you know this. When a media organization is really threatened, and somebody says, “We are going to sue you, no matter what,” if you are right, it's going to cost you $1 million in legal fees. Right? If you are right, it's gonna cost you $1 million in legal fees, and that has a real chilling effect.

SEAN HANNITY (HOST): This is a real -- this is real. And listen, I know people that have paid for false allegations because their lawyers say to them, “It's gonna cost you $1 million, to just save your good name.”

LEVIN: It happens all the time.

HANNITY: “You might as well just pay it.”

LEVIN: It happens all the time.

HANNITY: It happens all the time, innocent people.

Previously:

Statement on Bill O’Reilly’s return to Fox News

Hannity goes rogue, helping O'Reilly attack the women who reported him for sexual harassment and asking him to return to Fox

O’Reilly's appearance with Hannity reveals what Fox News really cares about